The Malaria Capers: Tales of Parasites and People [Paperback] Desowitz, Robert

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MPN
9780393310085
Brand
W. W. Norton & Company
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Publisher
Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-10
0393310086
ISBN-13
9780393310085
eBay Product ID (ePID)
284987

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
290 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Malaria Capers : Tales of Parasites and People
Publication Year
1993
Subject
Life Sciences / Microbiology, Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Science, Medical
Author
Robert S. Desowitz
Format
Trade Paperback

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Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
13.5 Oz
Item Length
8.3 in
Item Width
6.5 in

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Trade
Reviews
Like a novelist, [Desowitz] draws the reader into the human tragedy of disease...Rich in historical-medical detective stories., Like such eminent science writers as Stephen Jay Gould and Lewis Thomas, Mr. Desowitz manages to make the basic principles of his subject immediately comprehensible to the general reader. He has also succeeded in giving us a profound appreciation of the ways in which scientific and medical knowledge advances, through hypothesis, error and experiment, through serendipity, dedication, and perseverance., Just as it was not necessary to be an astrophysicist to feel the grandeur and scope of Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time, it is not necessary to be a parasitologist or specialist in tropical medicine to relate to the drama, tragedy and even romance of Desowitz's fascinating and provocative story. . . . Interesting and important., Just as it was not necessary to be an astrophysicist to feel the grandeur and scope of Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time it is not necessary to be a parasitologist or specialist in tropical medicine to relate to the drama, tragedy, and even romance of Desowitz's fascinating and provocative story...Interesting and important., Like a novelist, [Desowitz] draws the reader into the human tragedy of disease. . . . Rich in historical-medical detective stories.
Dewey Edition
22
TitleLeading
The
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
614.53209
Synopsis
Why, Robert S. Desowitz asks, has biotechnical research on malaria produced so little when it had promised so much? An expert in tropical diseases, Desowtiz searches for answers in this provocative book., "Reads like a murder mystery...[Desowitz] writes with uncommon lucidity and verse, leaving the reader with a vivid understanding of malaria and other tropical diseases, and the ways in which culture, climate and politics have affected their spread and containment." --New York Times

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