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Plague: The Mysterious Past and Terrifying Future of the World's Most Dangerous Disease Hardback - 2004

by Wendy Orent

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Plague is the greatest killer in human history, though it has only emerged occasionally, most famously in Justinian Rome and medieval Europe.Normally, it moves sluggishly from animal reservoirs into human populations, and it shows little capacity for epidemic spread. Yet under the right circumstances, it is the single most dangerous germ on the planet.Orent reveals how Soviet scientists created genetically-altered forms of this terrible affliction, knowing exactly how to convert plague into a deadly weapon.She shows how scientists are still unable to defend against it, and how plague could be visited upon humanity again.

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He is thin, and bowed over a little, with a pointed elfin face, and fingers slightly bent and swollen from the brucellosis he acquired from his research many years ago.

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  • Title Plague: The Mysterious Past and Terrifying Future of the World's Most Dangerous Disease
  • Author Wendy Orent
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 276
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Free Press, New York
  • Publication date May 4, 2004
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780743236850 / 0743236858
  • Weight 0.98 lbs (0.44 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.08 x 6.3 x 1.01 in (23.06 x 16.00 x 2.57 cm)
  • Category History - General History
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2004040378
  • Dewey Decimal Code 614.573
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