Plague: The Mysterious Past and Terrifying Future of the World's Most Dangerous Disease

Wendy Orent

ISBN 10: 0743236858 / ISBN 13: 9780743236850

Verlag: Free Press, 2004

Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers G0743236858I4N10

Inhaltsangabe:

A history of the plague documents its outbreaks from the early Roman Justinian plague, to the Black Death, to more recent occurrences, identifying the conditions that can precipitate an epidemic and offering a sobering prognosis for its potential as a bioterrorist weapon. 30,000 first printing.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Wendy Orent holds a Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Michigan. She is a leading freelance science journalist who writes for theLos Angeles Times, The Washington Post, and The New Republic, among others. She recently collaborated on the English edition of Soviet bioweaponeer Igor Domaradskij's memoir, Biowarrior. Orent lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Plague: The Mysterious Past and Terrifying ...
Verlag: Free Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Very Good
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket