Rats, Lice and History
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| Management number | 231843211 | Release Date | 2026/06/18 | List Price | $1.03 | Model Number | 231843211 | ||
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The classic account of infectious diseases and human history. Both shocking and entertaining, this masterpiece of popular science writing tells the tragic story of the struggle between humanity and its humble but deadly enemies, the organisms of disease. Zinsser shows how infectious disease simply represented an attempt of a living organism to survive. While from the human perspective an invading pathogen was abnormal, from the perspective of the pathogen it was perfectly normal. From the pestilence which contributed to the downfall of Rome to the dancing manias of medieval Europe, the aristocracy's fashion for wearing wigs and the role of typhus in the First World War, Zinsser reveals just how disease and epidemics have shaped human history. AUTHOR: Hans Zinnser taught bacteriology and immunology, and was a pioneer in isolating the micro-organism that causes a form of typhus. He died in 1940.-Print ed. Read more
| ASIN | B0C4173PP2 |
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| XRay | Not Enabled |
| ISBN13 | 978-1805232377 |
| Language | English |
| File size | 1.0 MB |
| Page Flip | Enabled |
| Publisher | Patavium Publishing |
| Word Wise | Enabled |
| Print length | 284 pages |
| Accessibility | Learn more |
| Screen Reader | Supported |
| Publication date | April 20, 2023 |
| Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
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