Deadliest Enemy
our war against killer germs
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
15 April 2020
Summary
Deadliest Enemy: Confronting the Threat of Global Pandemics
‘The infectious disease expert who predicted the spread of coronavirus’ - Daily Mail
‘Osterholm has produced a sharp, persuasive and urgent manifesto for how the world needs to think differently about natural threats, offering a blueprint for setting priorities and explaining why the infrastructure of global health needs reconfiguring… Deadliest Enemy will help to set the terms of that essential pos…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529342222 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1529342228 |
| Author: | Mark Olshaker, Dr Michael Osterholm |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | John Murray Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 15 April 2020 |
| Weight: | 445g |
| Dimensions: | 232mm x 152mm x 30mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
The infectious disease expert who predicted the spread of coronavirus
The infectious disease expert who predicted the spread of coronavirus - Daily Mail
Osterholm has produced a sharp, persuasive and urgent manifesto for how the world needs to think differently about natural threats, offering a blueprint for setting priorities and explaining why the infrastructure of global health needs reconfiguring… Deadliest Enemy will help to set the terms of that essential post-coronavirus conversation. - Financial TimesA sharp, persuasive and urgent manifesto for how the world needs to think differently about natural threats - Financial TimesIt really feels, in short, like the sort of book that we ought to have been reading this time last year. - The TimesAbout The Author
Mark Olshaker
Dr. Michael Osterholm is Regents Professor, McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair in Public Health, and the founding director of the Centre for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota. An internationally renowned epidemiologist, he has been at the forefront of public health preparedness, has led many outbreak investigations of international importance, and advises world leaders on the ever-growing list of microbial threats.
Mark Olshaker is an Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker and a New York Times #1 bestselling author of five novels and ten books of non-fiction.
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