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Message from Dean - May 8th 2007
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 614.49
EAN: 9780789462961
ISBN: 0789462966
Label: DK CHILDREN
Manufacturer: DK CHILDREN
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 64
Publication Date: August 15, 2000
Publisher: DK CHILDREN
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Studio: DK CHILDREN
Alternate Versions: Click to Display
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Discover the battle against epidemics -- from the Black Death and smallpox to the modern superbug.
For as along as people have lived together in communities, infectious disease has been a part of everyday life. The fascinating story of disease-causing microbes, bacteria, and viruses crosses every area of human existence -- from medicine, social history, and geography to art and natural history. This unique guide takes you on a compelling journey through time and into the future -- from the plagues of the Ancient Egyptians to the laboratories of the twenty-first century. Stunning, three-dimensional models of disease-causing agents and superb electron-microscope images reveal this microscopic and dramatic world in incredible detail. Written by science and medical expert Brian Ward and produced in association with The American Museum of Natural History, Epidemic is one of the few in-depth explorations of this extraordinary subject for the ordinary reader.
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This is an excellent volume in the Eyewitness Books series. With outstanding photographs and short paragraphs on a myriad of topics, Epidemic gives a great overview of this serious topic.
The book consists of 29 two-page segments. Each segment or mini-chapter has one or two paragraphs on a main topic followed by many little paragraphs on related topics and ample illustrations of various sizes. I'll describe the segment on Food poisoning to illustrate the book's design. The main paragraph names and describes the bacteria responsible for most food poisoning, notes the symptoms of effects of food poisoning, and briefly relates how our immune system responds to the bacteria. At the bottom of the two pages is a large photograph showing an attack of E.coli with descriptions of the bacteria, enlarged photos of them, and photos and descriptions of damage done by bacterial toxins. There are also pictures and short paragraphs about listeria, soft cheese, salmonella and eggs, cooked ... Read More
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I'm a physician and I hold a Master's in Public Health. I bought this book for my kids, along with several other DK titles. This is a great overview of the subject and covers the history of epidemiology in a wonderfully straight forward and very complete manner. In fact, I keep a copy in my office to loan to my non-medical colleagues for a fast and highly readable overview of this fascinating subject! Grade School, High School, College or Post Bach, what ever your educational level, I don't think you'll be disappointed with this very neat book!
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I first got into the Eyewitness series when I was in elementary school...now I'm nearly 21 and I still love these books! "Epidemic" is one of my favorites. I love the mix of both recent photography and older woodcuts/drawings used to illustrate such topics as historical diseases (such as leprosy), and more modern ones (like AIDS). I highly recommend "Epidemic" to anyone, young or old, who is interested in the symptoms and treatment of illness throughout history.
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