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Product Identifiers

PublisherHodder & Stoughton

ISBN-101529369886

ISBN-139781529369885

eBay Product ID (ePID)3057281759

Product Key Features

Number of Pages352 Pages

Publication NameVaxxers : a Pioneering Moment in Scientific History

LanguageEnglish

SubjectPublic Health, Life Sciences / Virology, Life Sciences / General, General

Publication Year2022

TypeTextbook

AuthorCatherine Green, Sarah Gilbert

Subject AreaScience, Medical

FormatUk-B Format Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight9.6 Oz

Item Length7.7 in

Item Width5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2023-285920

Dewey Edition23

ReviewsWhat an enthralling tale of toil, tenacity and triumph this is. The authors' intelligence, idealism and sheer, bloody-minded grit shine through. The world needs all the Sarah Gilberts and Catherine Greens it can get. Just brilliant.

Dewey Decimal614.592414

Synopsis'Moving and awe-inspiring... The story of the decade' Mail on Sunday ' Vaxxers is so good that the book will be read for long after the pandemic is over' Financial Times 'The amazing tale of a vaccine that has saved so many of our lives. It's a dramatic, page-turning read, and incredibly moving' Chris Evans 'I dare anyone to read this and not come away impressed' Guardian __________ The bestselling inside story of a historic moment for science and for humanity. On 1 January 2020, Professor Sarah Gilbert read an article about four people in China with an illness of unknown cause. Within two weeks, she and her team had designed a new vaccine that would go on to save millions of lives from Covid-19. Capturing a landmark moment, Sarah Gilbert and Catherine Green reveal their story of making the pioneering Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine and fighting a pandemic as ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. They separate fact from fiction, they explain how they made their highly effective vaccine in record time with the eyes of the world watching, and they give us hope for the future., Chosen as a Book of the Year 2021 by the Financial Times , Sunday Times , Daily Mail , Prospect , Guardian and The Times . ' Vaxxers is so good that the book will be read for long after the pandemic is over' Financial Times 'One of the most epic and pioneering moments in human history'Sir Jeremy Farrar__________ The bestselling inside story of a historic moment for science and for humanity. On 1 January 2020, Professor Sarah Gilbert read an article about four people in China with an illness of unknown cause. Within two weeks, she and her team had designed a new vaccine that would go on to save millions of lives from Covid-19.Capturing a landmark moment, Sarah Gilbert and Catherine Green reveal their story of making the pioneering Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine and fighting a pandemic as ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. They separate fact from fiction, they explain how they made their highly effective vaccine in record time with the eyes of the world watching, and they give us hope for the future.

LC Classification NumberRA644.C67