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Series
Publication Date
2013
Language
English
Description
"Angus Deaton, Winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Economics" "Winner of the 2013 William G. Bowen Award, Industrial Relations Section of Princeton University" "One of Bloomberg Businessweek's Best Books of 2015, chosen by John Snow" "One of Bloomberg/Businessweek Best Books of 2013, selected by Christopher L. Eisgruber (president of Princeton University)" "One of Forbes Magazine's Best Books of 2013" "Honorable Mention for the 2013 PROSE Award in Economics,...
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Publication Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A former director of the Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response (PHPR) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lays out his theories on when, where, and how the next major disease outbreak will arrive.
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Publication Date
2021
Language
English
Description
"It began with a bat. This was the species in which the virus first emerged before infecting humans. A member of the coronavirus family of diseases, the symptoms of the virus included high fever, dry cough, body aches, diarrhea, and pneumonia. It spread primarily through respiratory droplets emitted when an infected person coughed or sneezed. This made it important to minimize person-to-person contact and observe social distancing in public spaces...
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Publication Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"COVID-19 is speeding up history, but how? What is the shape of the world to come? Lenin once said, "There are decades when nothing happens and weeks when decades happen." This is one of those times when history has sped up. CNN host and best-selling author Fareed Zakaria helps readers to understand the nature of a post-pandemic world: the political, social, technological, and economic consequences that may take years to unfold. Written in the form...