Invincible Microbe: Tuberculosis and the Never-Ending Search for a Cure - Hardcover

Murphy, Jim; Blank, Alison

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0618535748 ISBN 13: 9780618535743

Verlag: Clarion Books, 2012

Inhaltsangabe

This is the story of a killer that has been striking people down for thousands of years:
tuberculosis. After centuries of ineffective treatments, the microorganism that causes
TB was identified, and the cure was thought to be within reach—but drug-resistant
varieties continue to plague and panic the human race. The “biography” of this deadly
germ, an account of the diagnosis, treatment, and “cure” of the disease over time,
and the social history of an illness that could strike anywhere but was most prevalent
among the poor are woven together in an engrossing, carefully researched narrative.
Bibliography, source notes, index.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Jim Murphy's nonfiction books have received numerous awards, among them two Newbery Honors, the Sibert Medal, three Orbis Pictus awards, the Margaret A. Edwards award, the James Madison Book Award, and a National Book Award nomination. Born and raised in New Jersey, Jim lives in Maplewood, NJ, with his family. 
jimmurphybooks.com.

Alison Blank is a children’s book author and TV producer. She has cowritten two nonfiction books, Invincible Microbe and Banished to Paradise, with her husband, award-winning author Jim Murphy. They live with their two sons in Maplewood, New Jersey.
 

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Clarion Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0618535748
• ISBN 13: 9780618535743
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 160
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