{"product_id":"patient-zero-lydia-kang-9781523513291","title":"Patient Zero: A Curious History of the World's Worst Diseases","description":"From the masters of storytelling-meets-science and co-authors of \u003ci\u003eQuackery\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePatient Zero\u003c\/i\u003e tells the long and fascinating history of disease outbreaks--how they start, how they spread, the science that lets us understand them, and how we race to destroy them before they destroy us. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Written in the authors' lively and accessible style, chapters include page-turning medical stories about a particular disease or virus--smallpox, Bubonic plague, polio, HIV--that combine \"Patient Zero\" narratives, or the human stories behind outbreaks, with historical examinations of missteps, milestones, scientific theories, and more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Learn the tragic stories of Patient Zeros throughout history, such as Mabalo Lokela, who contracted Ebola while on vacation in 1976, and the Lewis Baby on London's Broad Street, the first to catch cholera in an 1854 outbreak that led to a major medical breakthrough. Interspersed are origin stories of a different sort--how a rye fungus in 1951 turned a small village in France into a phantasmagoric scene reminiscent of Burning Man. Plus the uneasy history of human autopsy, how the HIV virus has been with us for at least a century, and more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lydia Kang, Nate Pedersen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1523513292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781523513291\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Workman Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/16\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 6.00w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/27\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2021 pg. 102","brand":"Lydia Kang","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44053373485311,"sku":"9781523513291","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_935d3aee-6973-48c3-86b1-f82fc3e66135.jpg?v=1685023982","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/patient-zero-lydia-kang-9781523513291","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}