Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus - Paperback
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Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus - Paperback
$18.00
by Bill Wasik (Author), Monica Murphy (Author)
From Greek myths to zombie flicks, from the laboratory heroics of Louis Pasteur to the contemporary search for a lifesaving treatment, Rabid is a fresh and often wildly entertaining look at one of humankind's oldest and most fearsome foes.
The most fatal virus known to science, rabies--a disease that spreads avidly from animals to humans--kills nearly one hundred percent of its victims once the infection takes root in the brain. In this critically acclaimed exploration from the authors of Our Kindred Creatures, journalist Bill Wasik and veterinarian Monica Murphy chart four thousand years of the history, science, and cultural mythology of rabies. "A searing narrative." --The New York Times "Fascinating. . . . Wasik and Murphy chronicle more than two millennia of myths and discoveries about rabies and the animals that transmit it, including dogs, bats and raccoons." --The Wall Street JournalAuthor Biography
Bill Wasik is the editorial director of The New York Times Magazine. He has written multiple books, including And Then There's This, Rabid, and Our Kindred Creatures: How Americans Came to Feel the Way They Do About Animals.
Monica Murphy is a veterinarian and a writer. Their previous book, Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus, was a Los Angeles Times best seller and a finalist for the PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award. They live in Brooklyn, New York.
Number of Pages: 288
Dimensions: 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.4 IN
Publication Date: June 25, 2013
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