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In this "frightening and fascinating masterpiece" (Walter Isaacson), David Quammen explores the true origins of HIV/AIDS.

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"Compelling…[an] utterly gripping story." -- Abigail Zuger - The New York Times
"To call David Quammen one of our greatest science writers is to belittle him. He is one of our greatest writers, period." -- Hampton Sides, best-selling narrative historian and editor at large at Outside magazine
"[An] intense study of the origins of AIDS. With Sherlockian verve… Quammen’s portrait of the real ‘Patient Zero’… is a masterful summing-up of the evidence." -- Nathan Wolfe - Nature

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      Publisher: WW Norton & Co
      Publication Date: 17/02/2015
      ISBN13: 9780393350845, 978-0393350845
      ISBN10: 0393350843
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      Medicine: HIV/AIDS, retroviral diseases Science: general issues

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In this "frightening and fascinating masterpiece" (Walter Isaacson), David Quammen explores the true origins of HIV/AIDS.

      Trade Review
      "Compelling…[an] utterly gripping story." -- Abigail Zuger - The New York Times
      "To call David Quammen one of our greatest science writers is to belittle him. He is one of our greatest writers, period." -- Hampton Sides, best-selling narrative historian and editor at large at Outside magazine
      "[An] intense study of the origins of AIDS. With Sherlockian verve… Quammen’s portrait of the real ‘Patient Zero’… is a masterful summing-up of the evidence." -- Nathan Wolfe - Nature

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