Nathan Wolfe is the Lorry I. Lokey Visiting Professor in Human Biology at Stanford University and Director of Global Viral Forecasting, a pandemic early warning system which monitors the spillover of novel infectious agents from animals into humans. Wolfe has been published in or profiled by Nature, Science, The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Economist, Wired, Discover, Scientific American, NPR, Popular Science, Seed, and Forbes. Wolfe was the recipient of a Fulbright fellowship in 1997 and was awarded the National Institutes of Health (NIH) International Research Scientist Development Award in 1999 and the prestigious NIH Director's Pioneer Award in 2005.
Dynamic young Stanford biologist Nathan Wolfe reveals the surprising origins of the world's most deadly viruses, and how we can overcome catastrophic pandemics.
In The Viral Storm, award-winning biologist Nathan Wolfe tells the story of how viruses and human beings have evolved side by side through history; how deadly viruses like HIV, swine flu, and bird flu almost wiped us out in the past; and why modern life has made our species vulnerable to the threat of a global pandemic.
Wolfe's research missions to the jungles of Africa and the rain forests of Borneo have earned him the nickname "the Indiana Jones of virus hunters," and here Wolfe takes readers along on his groundbreaking and often dangerous research trips—to reveal the surprising origins of the most deadly diseases and to explain the role that viruses have played in human evolution.
In a world where each new outbreak seems worse than the one before, Wolfe points the way forward, as new technologies are brought to bear in the most remote areas of the world to neutralize these viruses and even harness their power for the good of humanity. His provocative vision of the future will change the way we think about viruses, and perhaps remove a potential threat to humanity's survival.
發表於2025-02-04
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疫情宅傢期間看過之後,讓人心裏很悲涼。看的到危機,看得到結果,永遠在等待靴子落下的一刻。 人類自帶的病毒庫在不斷縮小,已知存在的病毒庫在不斷擴大,各種緻病基因排列組閤,還有在物種之間的傳遞擴散。再迴顧全球這一周的發展,明顯是無法統籌的,隻是看最總在哪一塊木闆...
評分 評分 評分 評分圖書標籤: 科普 公共衛生 病毒 流行病學 醫學 傳染病預測 英文原版 美國
after finish reading it if you thought that it had told you all that you need to know, then the author mustn't be an able writer while we talk about investigative journalism reporting, especially when it comes to the ongoing eventualities of the present pandemic, this book touches only a tip of the iceberg of the subject matter 。。
評分This is a terrific book introducing the basic concept of virus and pandemic. The last part of this book explains the work being done in order to prevent pandemics; sadly some couldn’t be applied on this land.
評分after finish reading it if you thought that it had told you all that you need to know, then the author mustn't be an able writer while we talk about investigative journalism reporting, especially when it comes to the ongoing eventualities of the present pandemic, this book touches only a tip of the iceberg of the subject matter 。。
評分This is a terrific book introducing the basic concept of virus and pandemic. The last part of this book explains the work being done in order to prevent pandemics; sadly some couldn’t be applied on this land.
評分after finish reading it if you thought that it had told you all that you need to know, then the author mustn't be an able writer while we talk about investigative journalism reporting, especially when it comes to the ongoing eventualities of the present pandemic, this book touches only a tip of the iceberg of the subject matter 。。
The Viral Storm 2025 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載