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Librería: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.7. Nº de ref. del artículo: G8418967846I4N10
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Librería: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: New. Nº de ref. del artículo: 45720625-n
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Librería: booksXpress, Bayonne, NJ, Estados Unidos de America
Soft Cover. Condición: new. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9788418967849
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Librería: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Very Good. Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting. 1.6. Nº de ref. del artículo: 8418967846-2-3
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Librería: Book Deals, Tucson, AZ, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Very Good. Very Good condition. Shows only minor signs of wear, and very minimal markings inside (if any). 1.6. Nº de ref. del artículo: 353-8418967846-vrg
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Librería: Books Unplugged, Amherst, NY, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Good. Buy with confidence! Book is in good condition with minor wear to the pages, binding, and minor marks within 1.6. Nº de ref. del artículo: bk8418967846xvz189zvxgdd
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Librería: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: As New. Unread book in perfect condition. Nº de ref. del artículo: 45720625
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Librería: Book Deals, Tucson, AZ, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Fine. Like New condition. Great condition, but not exactly fully crisp. The book may have been opened and read, but there are no defects to the book, jacket or pages. 1.6. Nº de ref. del artículo: 353-8418967846-lkn
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Librería: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. La apasionante cronica de la carrera contrarreloj para descifrar el SARS-CoV-2 y frenar una pandemia devastadora. Finalista del National Book Award Unacronica iluminadora y apasionada de la crisis que ha definido nuestro tiempo.The New York Times David Quammen, uno de los mejores escritores cientificos del mundo y autor de Contagio (Debate, 2020), la obra de referencia sobre enfermedades zoonoticas (las que saltan de animales a humanos), nos sumerge en la frenetica carrera por descifrar el coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, encontrar su origen y hacer posible el desarrollo de vacunas para combatir la pandemia de COVID-19. Tras entrevistar a casi un centenar de cientificos, entre ellos los virologos mas importantes del panorama internacional, Quammen denuncia como durante decadas los expertos advirtieron de que esta pandemia llegaria, pero sus consejos fueron ignorados por razones economicas o politicas. Ademas, tambien se encarga de descifrar las claves para entender algunas teorias sobre el origen del virus y descartar otras suposiciones mas escandalosas, pero menos fiables. Este libro nos traslada a la primera linea de batalla contra la COVID-19 a traves de los ojos de aquellos cientificos que lideraron esta lucha, y lo hace con la prosa comprensible y reveladora de un maestro incomparable como Quammen.ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONNational Book Award finalist, Breathless, tells the story of the worldwide scientific race to decipher the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, trace its source, and make possible the vaccines to fight the Covid-19 pandemica luminous, passionate account of the defining crisis of our time. (The New York Times). Breathless is a gripping (The Atlantic) but clear-eyed analysis (Time) of SARs-CoV-2 and its fierce journey through the human population, as seen by the scientists who study its origin, its ever-changing nature, and its capacity to kill us. David Quammen expertly shows how strange new viruses emerge from animals into humans as we disrupt wild ecosystems and how those viruses adapt to their human hosts, sometimes causing global catastrophe. He explains why this coronavirus will probably be a forever virus, destined to circulate among humans and bedevil us endlessly, in one variant form or another. As scientists labor to catch it, comprehend it, and control it, with their high-tech tools and methods, the virus finds ways of escape. Based on interviews with nearly one hundred scientists, including leading virologists in China and around the world, Quammen explains that: -Infectious disease experts saw this pandemic coming -Some scientists, for more than two decades, warned that the next big one would be caused by a changeable new virusvery possibly a coronavirusbut such warnings were ignored for political or economic reasons -The precise origins of this virus may not be known for years, but some clues are compelling, and some suppositions can be dismissed -And much more Written by one of our finest explainers of the natural world for decades (Chicago Tribune), this compelling and terrifying (The New York Times) account is an unparalleled look inside the frantic international race to understand and control SARS-CoV-2and what it might mean for the next potential global health crisis. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9788418967849
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Librería: medimops, Berlin, Alemania
Condición: very good. Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages. Nº de ref. del artículo: M08418967846-V
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