{"product_id":"rats-lice-and-history-9781412806725","title":"Rats Lice and History","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen \u003cem\u003eRats, Lice and History\u003c\/em\u003e appeared in 1935, Hans Zinsser was a highly regarded Harvard biologist who had never written about historical events. Although he had published under a pseudonym, virtually all of his previous writings had dealt with infections and immunity and had appeared either in medical and scientific journals or in book format. Today he is best remembered as the author of \u003cem\u003eRats, Lice, and History\u003c\/em\u003e, which gone through multiple editions and remains a masterpiece of science writing for a general readership.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo Zinsser, scientific research was high adventure and the investigation of infectious disease, a field of battle. Yet at the same time he maintained a love of literature and philosophy. His goal in \u003cem\u003eRats, Lice and History\u003c\/em\u003e was to bring science, philosophy, and literature together to establish the importance of disease, and especially epidemic infectious disease, as a major force in human affairs. Zinsser cast his work as the biography o\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter I; Chapter II; Chapter III; Chapter IV; Chapter V; Chapter VI; Chapter VII; Chapter VIII; Chapter IX; Chapter X; Chapter XI; Chapter XII; Chapter XIII; Chapter XIV; Chapter XV; Chapter XVI\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019813028183,"sku":"9781412806725","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781412806725.jpg?v=1750781338","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/rats-lice-and-history-9781412806725","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}