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Pathogenesis : a history of the world in eight plagues / by Kennedy, Jonathan,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A sweeping look at how the major transformations in history--from the rise of Homo sapiens to the birth of capitalism--have been shaped not by humans but by germs. According to the accepted narrative of progress, humans have thrived thanks to their brains and brawn, collectively bending the arc of history. But in this revelatory book, professor Jonathan Kennedy argues that the myth of human exceptionalism overstates the role that we play in social and political change. Instead, it is the humble microbe that wins wars and topples empires. Drawing on the latest research in fields ranging from genetics and anthropology to archaeology and economics, Pathogenesis takes us through 60,000 years of history, exploring eight major outbreaks of infectious disease that have made the modern world. Bacteria and viruses were protagonists in the demise of the Neanderthals, the growth of Islam, the transition from feudalism to capitalism, the devastation wrought by European colonialism, and the evolution of the United States from an imperial backwater to a global superpower. Even Christianity rose to prominence in the wake of a series of deadly pandemics that swept through the Roman Empire in the second and third centuries: Caring for the sick turned what was a tiny sect into one of the world's major religions. By placing disease at the center of his wide-ranging history of humankind, Kennedy challenges some of the most fundamental assumptions about our collective past--and urges us to view this moment as another disease-driven inflection point that will change the course of history. Provocative and brimming with insight, Pathogenesis transforms our understanding of the human story"--
Subjects: Diseases and history.; Epidemics; Plague;
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No more tears : the dark secrets of Johnson & Johnson / by Harris, Gardiner(Pharmaceutical reporter),author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."An explosive, deeply reported exposé of Johnson & Johnson, one of America's oldest and most trusted pharmaceutical companies from an award-winning investigative journalist"--
Subjects: Johnson & Johnson.; Medical care; Medical care; Medical ethics.; Pharmaceutical industry; Pharmaceutical industry;
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NASA : the complete illustrated history / by Gorn, MIchael H.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 294-295) and index.
Subjects: United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Aerospace industries; Astronautics;
© 2005., Merrell,
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More and more and more : an all-consuming history of energy / by Fressoz, Jean-Baptiste,author,translator.; Orr, David W.,1944-translator.; translation of:Fressoz, Jean-Baptiste.Sans transition.English.;
Includes bibliographical references."It has become habitual to think of our relationship with energy as one of transition: with wood superseded by coal, coal by oil, oil by nuclear and then at some future point all replaced by green sources. Jean-Baptiste Fressoz's devastating but unnervingly entertaining book shows what an extraordinary delusion this is. Far from the industrial era passing through a series of transformations, each new phase has in practice remained almost wholly entangled with the previous one. Indeed the very idea of transition turns out to be untrue. The author shares the same acute anxiety about the need for a green transition as the rest of us, but shows how, disastrously, our industrial history has in fact been based on symbiosis, with each major energy source feeding off the others. Using a fascinating array of examples, Fressoz describes how we have gorged on all forms of energy-with whole forests needed to prop up coal mines, coal remaining central to the creation of innumerable new products and oil still central to our lives. The world now burns more wood and coal than ever before. This book reveals an uncomfortable truth: 'transition' was originally itself promoted by energy companies, not as a genuine plan, but as a means to put off any meaningful change. More and More and More forces its readers to understand the modern world in all its voracious reality, and the true nature of the challenges heading our way"--
Subjects: Energy consumption; Energy development; Energy industries; Energy transition.; Power resources; Science; Technology;
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Canada : the land / by Kalman, Bobbie,1947-;
Describes the geography, natural resources, trade and industry, cities, people, transportation, agriculture, and environment of Canada.LSC
© c2010., Crabtree Pub.,
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Manitoba. --
Includes Internet addresses (p. 24).Describes the environment, history, industry, tourist attractions, arts, sports, and cultural groups that make Manitoba unique.LSC
© c2014., Weigl Ltd.,
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Alberta. --
Includes Internet addresses (p. 24).Describes the environment, history, industry, tourist attractions, arts, sports, and cultural groups that make Alberta unique.LSC
© c2014., Weigl Ltd.,
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Ontario. --
Includes Internet addresses (p. 24).Describes the environment, history, industry, tourist attractions, arts, sports, and cultural groups that make Ontario unique.LSC
© c2014., Weigl Ltd.,
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Nunavut. --
Includes Internet addresses (p. 24).Describes the environment, history, industry, tourist attractions, arts, sports, and cultural groups that make Nunavut unique.LSC
© c2014., Weigl Ltd.,
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Quebec. --
Includes Internet addresses (p. 24).Presents the environment, history, industry, tourist attractions, arts, sports, and cultural groups that make Québec unique.LSC
© c2014., Weigl Ltd.,
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