Plague Time: The New Germ Theory of Disease - Brossura

Ewald, Paul

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ISBN 10: 0385721846 ISBN 13: 9780385721844

Casa editrice: Anchor, 2002

Riassunto

The noted biologist and Amherst College professor defends his controversial thesis that most of our worst killers--including heart disease, cancer, and diabetes--are in fact caused by infectious diseases. Reprint. 35,000 first printing.

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“Could change medicine as profoundly during the 21st century as germ theory did in the 20th.”–Newsweek

“Could revolutionize the treatment of serious chronic disease.”–Richard Rhodes

“Has gems of insight and imagery which mark out its author as a master explainer.”–Richard Dawkins

“Paul Ewald’s important, compelling book could revolutionize the treatment of serious chronic disease. I couldn’t put it down.” —Richard Rhodes, author of The Making of the Atomic Bomb and Deadly Feasts

"Provocative. . . . If correct, this theory will change the course of medicine." —Scientific American

“Paul Ewald is one of the liveliest and most original thinkers about disease. . . . Plague Time contains a new feast of his astonishing insights.” —Mark Ridley, author of The Cooperative Gene

“This book has gems of insight which mark out its author as a master explainer.” —Richard Dawkins, author of The Selfish Gene

L'autore:

Paul W. Ewald, professor of biology at Amherst College, is the author of Evolution of Infectious Disease and the first recipient of the George E. Burch fellowship in Theoretic Medicine. He lives in Shutesbury, Massachusetts.

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• Editore: Anchor
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0385721846
• ISBN 13: 9780385721844
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 304