{"product_id":"breathless-5","title":"Breathless","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**A \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022 and \u003ci\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BEST BOOK OF 2023**\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Shortlisted for the Royal Science Society Book Prize 2023**\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the author of the prescient \u003ci\u003eSpillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBreathless\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of the scientific quest to decipher, control and fight Covid-19.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBreathless\u003c\/i\u003e traces SARS-CoV-2's fierce journey through the human population as seen by the scientists who study its origin, ever-changing nature and capacity to kill. It shows how strange viruses emerge as we disrupt wild ecosystems - sometimes causing global catastrophe - and suggests this coronavirus could be a 'forever virus' that's destined to bedevil us endlessly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eQuammen also explains that experts saw this pandemic coming; that scientists warned 'the next big one' would be caused by a changeable new virus, but were ignored for political or economic reasons; and that while the origins of this virus may not be known for years, some suppositions are compelling and others can be dismissed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBreathless\u003c\/i\u003e takes us inside the frantic international effort to control SARS-CoV-2 as if peering over the shoulders of the brilliant scientists who led the chase.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eSpillover\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A frightening and fascinating masterpiece of science reporting' Walter Isaacson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A real-life thriller with an outcome that affects us all' Elizabeth Kolbert\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Buchserien.de","offers":[{"title":"Neu","offer_id":54027812831570,"sku":"9781847926692","price":19.6,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0615\/7002\/3593\/files\/unnamed_63e34cd8-f086-4f48-85fc-814b51cbe432.jpg?v=1784317651","url":"https:\/\/www.buchserien.de\/products\/breathless-5","provider":"Buchserien.de","version":"1.0","type":"link"}