Featuring 15 infectious diseases—eight bacteria, six viruses, and a parasite—and one friendly fungus, this book explores significant medical themes and highlights the effect micro-organisms have on modern life. Hilarious, informative, yet deeply moving, it discusses each disease while weaving true stories of patients and their families and the difficulties doctors face. Touc
- Title : Gone Viral: The Germs that Share Our Lives
- Author : Frank Bowden
- Rating : 4.69 (333 Vote)
- Publish : 2016-10-9
- Format : Paperback
- Pages : 240 Pages
- Asin : 1742232736
- Language : English
Featuring 15 infectious diseases—eight bacteria, six viruses, and a parasite—and one friendly fungus, this book explores significant medical themes and highlights the effect micro-organisms have on modern life. Hilarious, informative, yet deeply moving, it discusses each disease while weaving true stories of patients and their families and the difficulties doctors face. Touching upon the swine flu, golden staph, SARS, hepatitis, and HIV, this account teaches crucial lessons about public health and the human experience of disease.Bodanis argues that it was this experience that caused Einstein’s biggest mistake, his later rejection of quantum theory, since it caused him to be overly skeptical of experimental results and to rely too strongly on his belief that simplicity is evidence of truth. A "must read" fo anyone with a curiosity of what goes on behind that black robe.. The author is obviously in Europe so a lot of the food list is old and not available in the us. I didn't particularly like the characters, though. Compared to "The Bald Truth" by Spencer David Kobren, "Bald No More" comes second.. Abundant helpful photos, and the best "bird's eye" views of the rooms. We also know when and where it was altered and when and where the fake film was substituted for the original. This is not an isolated example.I get the feeling that the author was getting paid by the word and used a lot of adjectives and adverbs (plus a bushel of "therefore"s) just to stretch the subject. For instance, Jung tells us that women's primary part of their personality is their feeling function, while men, first and foremost, use their thinking function. These motion picture aviators gained such heights of power from codes of loyalty and unity. I am revved up every time I fl" - Publishers Weekly. "Even a nasty bug like syphilis could have a funny back story. In this ode to the trillions of pathogens that inhabit the human body and the scientists who have figured out how to tame 18 particular invaders, Bowden combines wit and intelligence to illustrate the unique history of diseases like HIV, streptococcus, meningitis, hepatitis, SARS, swine flu, and sexually transmitted infections - including eight different kinds of herpes. His chronicle of infectious diseases and the humans who battle them will both inform and charm professionals and the general public
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