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Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
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"What I was anticipating was a history of 8 major disease outbreaks and their impact on human societies. What I got was an overview of human history since the paleolithic, with explanations of how disease caused them. Not really what I signed up for, "
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Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues:
"One of my weird niche history interests is medical history, so I was destined to loved this.
Pathogenesis actually goes way beyond just detailing the history of a few plagues: the thesis of this book is that germs and infectious diseases played a cri" Read more of this review » |
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Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues:
"🎧: THE CONCLUSION OF THIS BOOK!!! I mean, stellar the entire way through, but the ending drove it home so so well. I don’t think I’ll ever shut up about this. My only critique is that it’s slightly euro-centric (as most “world” history books written "
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"Distracting that the audiobook was slightly different than the paperback but still a great lens to review history."
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One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
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Readers' Favorite Nonfiction
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2025 Goodreads Choice Awards.
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“Pathogens thrive on inequality and injustice.”
― Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
― Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
“There is one universally incorrect choice: do nothing. This didn't work when humans thought that plagues were a punishment sent by angry gods. Nor does a laissez-faire approach help stop disease when it is a deliberate policy choice.”
― Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
― Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
“The image of Neanderthals picking wildflowers to line the grave of a loved one really brings home how similar they were to us. Solecki claimed that his discovery revealed “that the universality of mankind and the love of beauty go beyond the boundary of our own species.”
― Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
― Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
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