The Invisible Invaders: The Story of the Emerging Age of Viruses
Language: English
Published by Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1991
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xiii, 415pp, 16pp b/w plates, line drawings, map, index. Prev owner's rubber library stamp with name written inside on the half title page and another on the front paste-down (this now covered with a bar code sticker). These stamps aside the book is in Near Fine condition. The author examines the past, present, and future of virology in a fascinating tale of scientific detection. Size: 8vo.
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- Title
- The Invisible Invaders: The Story of the Emerging Age of Viruses
- Author
- Radetsky, Peter
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company, Boston
- Publication year
- 1991
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Near Fine
- Binding
- Hard Cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0316732168
- ISBN 13
- 9780316732161
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- Medicine / Health / Psych, Science, Technical & Mathematics
Exploring the world of viral research, the author discusses the scientist's competition to gain recognition for discoveries and introduces readers to leaders in the state of the art of viral research
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Radetsky, coauthor of Peak Condition, here presents a highly literate and clarifying explanation of the history, nature and operation of viruses responsible for AIDS, cancer and other lethal diseases. Starting with British physician Edward Jenner's 19th-century discovery of a smallpox vaccine, the author profiles research and researchers, recounting in vivid detail how their discoveries have all but eliminated yellow fever, polio and measles and identified the AIDS virus. And, according to Radetsky, research on immunology and the gene-infiltrating, AIDS-type retrovirus may lead not only to the conquest of viral diseases but reveal the "positive" role that viruses have long played. Illustrations not seen by PW.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
For better or worse, we're stuck with viruses: they are ubiquitous, as old as any life form on the planet, and--other than humanity itself--perhaps the only agent posing a threat to our very existence. In the tradition of Paul De Kruif's classic Microbe Hunters (HBJ, 1926; 1966. pap. reprint.), Radetsky, a journalist, recounts how scientists and physicians have tracked down "this tiny, not-quite-alive-yet-not-entirely-dead substance" from Edward Jenner's smallpox vaccinations to today's research breakthroughs on AIDS. Drawing from personal interviews with scientists and from technical publications, Radetsky succeeds in his aim to inform and intrigue general readers while remaining "absolutely accurate in terms of the workings of these invisible invaders and the people who spend their lives dealing with them." This fascinating and important book is highly recommended for public and medical libraries.
- James Swanton, Albert Einstein Coll. of Medi cine Lib., New York
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
For better or worse, we're stuck with viruses: they are ubiquitous, as old as any life form on the planet, and--other than humanity itself--perhaps the only agent posing a threat to our very existence. In the tradition of Paul De Kruif's classic Microbe Hunters (HBJ, 1926; 1966. pap. reprint.), Radetsky, a journalist, recounts how scientists and physicians have tracked down "this tiny, not-quite-alive-yet-not-entirely-dead substance" from Edward Jenner's smallpox vaccinations to today's research breakthroughs on AIDS. Drawing from personal interviews with scientists and from technical publications, Radetsky succeeds in his aim to inform and intrigue general readers while remaining "absolutely accurate in terms of the workings of these invisible invaders and the people who spend their lives dealing with them." This fascinating and important book is highly recommended for public and medical libraries.
- James Swanton, Albert Einstein Coll. of Medi cine Lib., New York
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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