Breathless the scientific race to defeat a deadly virus
"The story of the worldwide scientific quest to decipher the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, trace its source, and make possible the vaccines to fight the Covid-19 pandemic"--
| Main Author: | Quammen, David, 1948- (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Simon & Schuster,
2022.
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| Edition: | First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. |
| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
"The story of the worldwide scientific quest to decipher the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, trace its source, and make possible the vaccines to fight the Covid-19 pandemic"-- |
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| Physical Description: |
viii, 406 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-394) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781982164362 1982164360 |
| Author Notes: |
Quammen began his career by writing for The Christian Science Monitor, the National Center for Appropriate Technology, and Audubon, Esquire, Rolling Stone, and Harpers Magazines. He wrote the novels The Soul of Viktor Tronko and The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions, which won the 1997 New York Public Library Helen Bernstein Award for Excellence in Journalism. He also received two National Magazine Awards for his column "Natural Acts" in Outside magazine. (Bowker Author Biography) |