Deadly Companions: How Microbes Shaped Our History by Crawford, Dorothy H.
Deadly Companions: How Microbes Shaped Our History by Crawford, Dorothy H.

Deadly Companions: How Microbes Shaped Our History

Ever since we started huddling together in communities, the story of human history has been inextricably entwined...
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Author: Dorothy H. Crawford
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Language: English
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Deadly Companions: How Microbes Shaped Our History by Crawford, Dorothy H.

Deadly Companions: How Microbes Shaped Our History

CHF 19.35
Deadly Companions: How Microbes Shaped Our History by Crawford, Dorothy H.

Deadly Companions: How Microbes Shaped Our History

CHF 19.35
Author: Dorothy H. Crawford
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
Ever since we started huddling together in communities, the story of human history has been inextricably entwined with the story of microbes. They have evolved and spread amongst us, shaping our culture through infection, disease, and pandemic. At the same time, our changing human culture has itself influenced the evolutionary path of microbes. Dorothy H. Crawford here shows that one cannot be truly understood without the other.

Beginning with a dramatic account of the SARS pandemic at the start of the 21st century, she takes us back in time to follow the interlinked history of microbes and man, taking an up-to-date look at ancient plagues and epidemics, and identifying key changes in the way humans have lived - such as our move from hunter-gatherer to farmer to city-dweller -- which made us vulnerable to microbe attack.

Showing how we live our lives today -- with increasing crowding and air travel -- puts us once again at risk, Crawford asks whether we might ever conquer microbes completely, or whether we need to take a more microbe-centric view of the world. Among the possible answers, one thing becomes clear: that for generations to come, our deadly companions will continue to shape human history.

Oxford Landmark Science books are 'must-read' classics of modern science writing which have crystallized big ideas, and shaped the way we think.


Author: Dorothy H. Crawford
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 04/08/2018
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.00w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780198815440

About the Author

Dorothy H. Crawford, Emeritus Professor of Medical Microbiology, University of Edinburgh

Dorothy H. Crawford was Professor of Medical Microbiology at the University of Edinburgh from 1997-2010 and Assistant Principal for Public Understanding of Medicine from 2005-2011. She was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2001 and received an OBE for services to medicine and higher education in 2005. She is the author of The Invisible Enemy (OUP, 2000); Virus Hunt (OUP, 2013); Viruses: A Very Short Introduction (OUP, 2011); and Ebola (OUP, 2016)

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