Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus

Title: Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus Author: David Quammen ISBN: 9781982164379 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Published: 2023 Binding: Paperback Language: English Condition: New New from the publisher Science & Math 1513275 Publisher Description: National Book Award finalist Breathless tells the story of the worldwide scientific race to decipher the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, trace its source, and make possible the vaccines to fight the Covid-19 pandemic--a "luminous, passionate account of the defining crisis of our time." (The New York Times). Breathless is a "gripping" (The Atlantic) but "clear-eyed analysis" (Time) of SARs-CoV-2 and its fierce journey through the human population, as seen by the scientists who study its origin, its ever-changing nature, and its capacity to kill us. David Quammen expertly shows how strange new viruses emerge from animals