{"product_id":"dangerous-miracle-liam-shaw-9781668023631","title":"Dangerous Miracle: The Astonishing Rise and Looming Disaster of Antibiotics","description":"\u003cb\u003eOxford University biologist Liam Shaw tells the fascinating history of antibiotics--and how we burned through them.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe discovery of antibiotics was one of humanity's greatest achievements. Since their advent less than a century ago, antibiotics have saved millions of lives, marking one of the greatest medical advances in our history. But much like oil in the previous century, they were not invented but discovered--the most effective antibiotics were found in nature, made by microbes. Antibiotics have been a cheap everlasting fuel that has powered modern medicine, but at a cost. For antibiotics aren't like other drugs. Every time we used them, we increased the possibility of antibiotic resistance emerging. Every time we used them, we were risking their future effectiveness. Even if it didn't seem like it, there was only ever a finite supply. Antibiotics are the fossil fuels of medicine: they are \"fossil drugs.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow did we get here? In order to understand the future of antibiotics, we need to understand their past. \u003ci\u003eDangerous Miracle \u003c\/i\u003etells the story of antibiotics: weaving the grand arc of their evolution over millions of years with a history of the past century. Antibiotic resistance shows how easily bacteria have been able to undo human progress. If we want antibiotics to have a future, we need to prepare to adapt accordingly. And fast. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDangerous Miracle\u003c\/i\u003e is a revelatory account of the miraculous history and uncertain future of antibiotics from a young and gifted Oxford biologist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Liam Shaw\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1668023636\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781668023631\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/23\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d","brand":"Liam Shaw","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46640950837503,"sku":"9781668023631","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c62b4008-6742-4200-b25b-e0f865803b86.jpg?v=1740670922","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dangerous-miracle-liam-shaw-9781668023631","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}