
9780812975604
Panic in Level 4: Cannibals, Killer Viruses, and Other Journeys to the Edge of Science
Richard Preston
ISBN 13: 9780812975604
Publisher: Random House Inc
Publication Date: 2009
Binding: Softcover
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A volume of essays features the author's journeys to military laboratories, hospitals, and jungles in search of some of science's most perplexing mysteries, from a genetic condition that induces self-cannibalism to the possible source of the Ebola virus. By the Award-winning author of
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