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Bill Wasik

Rabid

A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus

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A maddened creature, frothing at the mouth, lunges at an innocent victim-and, with a bite, transforms its prey into another raving monster. It's a scenario that underlies our darkest tales of supernatural horror, but its power derives from a very real virus, a deadly scourge known to mankind from our earliest days. In this fascinating exploration, journalist Bill Wasik and veterinarian Monica Murphy chart four thousand years in the history, science, and cultural mythology of rabies.The most fatal virus known to science, rabies kills nearly 100 percent of its victims once the infection takes root in the brain. A disease that spreads avidly fro… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Murphy, Monica
  • ISBN: 978-1-101-58374-6
  • EAN: 9781101583746
  • Produktnummer: 17995414
  • Verlag: Penguin Publishing Group
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
  • Seitenangabe: 288 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 2'716 KB

Über den Autor


Bill Wasik is a senior editor at Wired and was formerly a senior editor at Harper's; he writes on technology, media, and crowd dynamics. Monica Murphy holds degrees in public health from Johns Hopkins University and in veterinary medicine from the University of Minnesota. They are married and live with their son and whippet in Oakland, California.

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