From the author of The Fever, a wide-ranging inquiry into the origins of pandemics. interweaving history, original reportage, and personal narrative, Pandemic explores the origins of epidemics, drawing parallels between the story of cholera - one of history's most disruptive and deadly pathogens - and the new pathogens that stalk humankind today, from Ebola and avian influenza to drug-resistant superbugs.
Sonia Shah is a science journalist and prizewinning author. Her writing on science, politics, and human rights has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Foreign Affairs, Scientific American, and elsewhere, and she has been featured on Radiolab, Fresh Air, and TED, where her talk "Three Reasons We Still Haven't Gotten Rid of Malaria" has been viewed by more than 900,000 people around the world. Her 2010 book The Fever, which was called a "tour-de-fource history of malaria" (The New York Times), "rollicking" (Time), and "brilliant" (The Wall Street Journal), was long-listed for the Royal Society's Winton Prize.
Praise for Pandemic
Shah's book should be required reading. --The New York Review of
Books The world's ability to put the lid on pandemics has come a
long way since the days when the plague, cholera and smallpox
ravaged unchecked. Ms Shah's book is a superbly written account of
how we got here and what might await us. --The Economist [Shah] has
succeeded in producing a lively, rigorously researched and highly
informative read. --The Wall Street Journal "Investigative science
journalist Shah (The Fever, 2011) is at it again, and if the words,
and beyond, in her latest book's subtitle don't grab a reader's
attention, they should . . . Yes, Shah is back and in rare form.
And this time it's personal."--Donna Chavez, Booklist (starred
review) "Shrewdly articulated . . . thought-provoking and
well-documented" --Nature Microbiology "[A] grounded, bracingly
intelligent study" --Nature "Shah proves a disquieting Virgil,
guiding us through the hells ruled by [infectious diseases] . . .
the power of Shah's account lies in her ability to track
simultaneously the multiple dimensions of the public-health crises
we are facing." --The Chicago Tribune "In this absorbing, complex,
and ominous look at the dangers posed by pathogens in our daily
lives, science journalist Shah (The Fever) cautions that there are
no easy solutions . . . Shah's warning is certainly troubling, and
this important medical and social history is worthy of
attention--and action. --Publishers Weekly Praise for The Fever "An
often rollicking read . . . Shah has put together an engrossing
cast of doctors, malariologists and historical figures." --TIM
MORRISON, Time "Sonia Shah 's tour-de-force history of malaria will
convince you that the real sound track to our collective fate [is]
the syncopated whine-slap, whine-slap of man and mosquito duking it
out over the eons." --ABIGAIL ZUGER, M . D ., The New York Times
"This insightful book explores the human struggle with malaria not
just from a scientific angle, which is cogently detailed without
being overwhelming, but also from sociological and anthropological
perspectives . . . Shah is to be commended." --DENNIS ROSEN, The
Boston Globe "The lessons of history should give us pause . . .
Many [issues] are brilliantly exposed in Ms. Shah's book ." -- W. F
. B YNUM, The Wall Street Journal "Meticulously researched and
passionately written . . . One of this year 's most significant
science books for the general reader." --DAVID WALTON, The Plain
Dealer (Cleveland) "A fascinating history . . . Insightful, even
revelatory." --WENDY ORENT, The New Republic
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