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Pathogenesis - How germs made history (Hardcover)
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Pathogenesis - How germs made history (Hardcover)
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'Powerfully argued... Fascinating and pacy' Sunday Times, Book of
the Week 'Superbly written... sure to please readers of Yuval Noah
Harari or Rutger Bregman' The Times 'Full of amazing facts'
Observer 'A humbling story for humankind' Spectator Challenges some
of the greatest cliches about colonialism... A revelation' SATHNAM
SANGHERA 'Thrilling and eye-opening' LEWIS DARTNELL 'Science and
history at its best' MARK HONIGSBAUM 'Unpicks everything we thought
we knew... Mind blowing' CAL FLYN In this revelatory book, Dr
Jonathan Kennedy argues that germs have shaped humanity at every
stage, from the first success of Homo sapiens over the equally
intelligent Neanderthals to the fall of Rome and the rise of Islam.
How did an Indonesian volcano help cause the Black Death, setting
Europe on the road to capitalism? How could 168 men extract the
largest ransom in history from an opposing army of eighty thousand?
And why did the Industrial Revolution lead to the birth of the
modern welfare state? The latest science reveals that infectious
diseases are not just something that happens to us, but a
fundamental part of who we are. Indeed, the only reason humans
don't lay eggs is that a virus long ago inserted itself into our
DNA, and there are as many bacteria in your body as there are human
cells. We have been thinking about the survival of the fittest all
wrong: evolution is not simply about human strength and
intelligence, but about how we live and thrive in a world dominated
by microbes. By exploring the startling intimacy of our
relationship with infectious diseases, Kennedy shows how they have
been responsible for some of the seismic revolutions of the past
50,000 years. Provocative and brimming with insight, Pathogenesis
transforms our understanding of the human story, revealing how the
crisis of a pandemic can offer vital opportunities for change.
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