The perfect predator : a scientist's race to save her husband from a deadly superbug
Item details
- ISBN: 9780316418089
- ISBN: 0316418080
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Physical Description:
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viii, 337 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Hachette Books, 2019.
- Copyright: ©2019
Contents / Notes
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 319 - 325) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Part I : A deadly hitchhiker. Blindsided -- A menacing air -- The last supper -- Disease detectives -- First responders -- Lost in translation -- The colonel from Al-Shabaab -- Tom: interlude I -- A deadly hitchhiker -- The worst bacteria on the planet -- Tom: interlude II. Part II : Can't eskape. -- Homecoming -- Superbugged -- Public enemy number one: under the radar -- Tom: interlude III -- The alternate reality club -- Tipping point: fully colonized -- Tom: interlude IV. Part III : the perfect predator. The spider to catch the fly -- Tom: interlude V -- The perfect predator -- Semper fortis: always faithful, always strong -- A hail Mary pass -- Panning for gold -- Journeying -- Tom: interlude VI. Part IV : the Darwinian dance. The blood orange tree -- Moment of truth -- The bold guess -- Lysis to kill -- Tom: interlude VII -- Second-guessing -- No mud, no lotus -- tom: interlude VIII -- The Darwinian dance and the Red Queen's pursuit -- The last dance -- The Buddha's gift -- Grand rounds -- Epilogue. |
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