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Killer Germs
Barry Zimmerman
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Description for Killer Germs
Paperback. Offers a retrospective of the havoc-wreaking microbes of the past as well as an engrossing exploration of emerging threats, including a chapter on bioterrorism. This book helps readers discover what makes smallpox the most potentially devastating of all bioweapons, and how prepared we are to fight it. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: MJCJ; MMFM; VFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 400.
Discover the unseen assassins that plague humanity. Until recently, most of us went about our daily lives with a false sense of public health security. Epidemics were a thing of the past, the AIDS crisis had diminished, and an annual vaccination kept the flu at bay. Then, in late 2001, all of those illusions of public health safety were suddenly shattered. A litany of terrifying images and events became all to familiar, from federal agents surreally swathed in biohazard suits to the daily evacuation of major government buildings for anthrax decontamination. The lethal power of microscopic organisms - no longer ... Read more
Discover the unseen assassins that plague humanity. Until recently, most of us went about our daily lives with a false sense of public health security. Epidemics were a thing of the past, the AIDS crisis had diminished, and an annual vaccination kept the flu at bay. Then, in late 2001, all of those illusions of public health safety were suddenly shattered. A litany of terrifying images and events became all to familiar, from federal agents surreally swathed in biohazard suits to the daily evacuation of major government buildings for anthrax decontamination. The lethal power of microscopic organisms - no longer ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United States
ISBN
9780071409261
SKU
V9780071409261
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About Barry Zimmerman
Barry Zimmerman and David Zimmerman are both science teachers and authors of Why Nothing Can Travel Faster Than Light . . . and Other Explorations in Nature's Curiosity Shop.
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