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Spillover
- Author
- David Quammen
- Narrator
- Jonathan Yen
- Publisher
- Random House
- Publish Date
- 30 April 2020
- Run Time
- 20 hours 47 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
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A gripping, timely book about the transmission of deadly viruses from animal to human populations, and how we can tackle a global pandemic.
As globalization spreads and as we destroy the ancient ecosystems, we encounter strange and dangerous infections that originate in animals but that can be transmitted to humans. Diseases that were contained are being set free and the results are potentially catastrophic.
In a journey that takes him from southern China to the Congo, from Bangladesh to Australia, David Quammen tracks these infections to their source, and asks what we can do to prevent some new pandemic spreading across the face of the earth.
As cases of Coronavirus grow across the globe, discover the book that predicted this viral disaster and the science that could stop the next one in its tracks.
‘A tremendous book...this gives you all you need to know and all you should know’ Sunday Times
‘Chilling… [A] brilliant, devastating book’ Daily Mail
(C) David Quammen 2012 (P) Penguin Audio 2020
Critics Review
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A frightening and fascinating masterpiece of science reporting that reads like a detective story
Walter Isaacson
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It may have been eight years since David Quammen's Spillover was first published, but its prescience is spookily topical this plague year
New Statesman
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Travelling deep into the rainforest with the scientists hoping to identify the next pandemic pathogen, Quammen's book is plotted like a detective thriller
Guardian
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Quammen’s book is compelling and shows that there are many candidates out there vying to be the next pandemic
British Journal of General Practice
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Quammen has a wide range of knowledge, an agile pen, and a generous heart
New York Times Book Review
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A tremendous book...this gives you all you need to know and all you should know. Quammen’s research and the analysis make sensationalism unnecessary
Sunday Times
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Mr Quammen is not just among our best science writers but among our best writers, period...that he hasn’t won a non-fiction National Book Award or Pulitzer Prize is an embarrassment... Quammen is a patient explainer and a winning observer, he has a novelistic flair for describing his fellow humans... Quammen, combining physical and intellectual adventure, wraps his canny explorations into powerful moral witness
New York Times
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One of that rare breed of science journalists who blend exploration with a talent for synthesis and storytelling... This is a timely, serious and impressive work that marks the maturation of a field of microbiology
Nature
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Terrific…the stories of the victims and the scientists are told in astonishing detail
Guardian
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He [Quammen] ranges with ease over decades and continents, drawing upon years of interviews and field trips with scientists...[he] is a lively writer and a good detective, tracing diseases from their first appearance back to their origins—in some cases, still unsettled... Quammen does not shy away from the lurid question of the “next big one” that will be on readers’ minds from the start
The Economist
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Details
- Author
- David Quammen
- Narrator
- Jonathan Yen
- Duration
- 20 hours 47 minutes
- Release Date
- 30 April 2020
- ISBN
- 9781473585782
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Random House
- Genre
- Social impact of environmental issues, Infectious and contagious diseases, Epidemiology and Medical statistics, Veterinary medicine: diseases and therapeutics, Social forecasting, future studies, Globalization, History of medicine
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin.A gripping, timely book about the transmission of deadly viruses from animal to human populations, and how we can tackle a global pandemic.As globalization spreads and as we destroy the ancient ecosystems, we encounter strange and dangerous infections that originate in animals but that can be transmitted to humans. Diseases that were contained are being set free and the results are potentially catastrophic.In a journey that takes him from southern China to the Congo, from Bangladesh to Australia, David Quammen tracks these infections to their source, and asks what we can do to prevent some new pandemic spreading across the face of the earth.As cases of Coronavirus grow across the globe, discover the book that predicted this viral disaster and the science that could stop the next one in its tracks.‘A tremendous book...this gives you all you need to know and all you should know’ Sunday Times‘Chilling… [A] brilliant, devastating book’ Daily Mail(C) David Quammen 2012 (P) Penguin Audio 2020
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