Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus

Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus - Paperback

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Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus - Paperback

Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus - Paperback

by Bill Wasik , Monica Murphy
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Book Overview

by Bill Wasik (Author), Monica Murphy (Author)

From Greek myths to zombie flicks, from the laboratory heroics of Louis Pasteur to the contemporary search for a lifesaving treatment, Rabid is a fresh and often wildly entertaining look at one of humankind's oldest and most fearsome foes.

The most fatal virus known to science, rabies--a disease that spreads avidly from animals to humans--kills nearly one hundred percent of its victims once the infection takes root in the brain.

In this critically acclaimed exploration from the authors of Our Kindred Creatures, journalist Bill Wasik and veterinarian Monica Murphy chart four thousand years of the history, science, and cultural mythology of rabies.

"A searing narrative." --The New York Times

"Fascinating. . . . Wasik and Murphy chronicle more than two millennia of myths and discoveries about rabies and the animals that transmit it, including dogs, bats and raccoons." --The Wall Street Journal

Author Biography

Bill Wasik is the editorial director of The New York Times Magazine. He has written multiple books, including And Then There's This, Rabid, and Our Kindred Creatures: How Americans Came to Feel the Way They Do About Animals.

Monica Murphy is a veterinarian and a writer. Their previous book, Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus, was a Los Angeles Times best seller and a finalist for the PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award. They live in Brooklyn, New York.
Number of Pages: 288
Dimensions: 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.4 IN
Publication Date: June 25, 2013
ISBN9780143123576
Author Bill Wasik , Monica Murphy
PublisherPenguin Books
GenreEducation and History
FormatPaperback
PublishedJune 2013
LanguageENG- English
Pages288
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Monica Murphy

Monica Murphy is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. Her books have been translated in almost a dozen languages and has sold over one million copies worldwide. She is both a traditionally published author and an independently published author. She writes new adult, young adult and contemporary romance. She is a wife and a mother of three who lives with her family in central California on fourteen acres in the middle of nowhere, along with their one dog and too many cats. monicamurphyauthor.com

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