Spillover Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic [Paperback]

David Quammen [is] one of that rare breed of science journalists who blend exploration with a talent for synthesis and storytelling.An adventure-filled page-turner&told from the front lines of pandemic prevention.As page turning as Richard PrestonsDavid Quammen might be my favorite living science writer: amiable, erudite, understated, incredibly funny, profoundly humane.Quammen balances the technical terms with gorily gripping description and scenes from his own fearless journeys&But his real gift is his writing, with its nice balance of reverence and whimsy.Quammens more teacher than Jeremiah. So he calms when he can; but hes blunt when he must be.The scariest book youll read this year.[An] ambitious and encyclopedic voyage&Mr. Quammen does a beautiful job of showing how so much of scientific knowledge is provisional, with great unknowns about infectious diseases.David Quammen has done it again. Fascinating and terrifying,This is a frightening and fascinating masterpiece of science reporting that reads like a detective story. David Quammen takes us on a quest to understand AIDS, Ebola, and other diseases that share a frightening commonality: they all jumped from wild animals to humans. By explaining this growing trend, Quammen not only provides a warning about the diseases we will face in the future, he also causes us to reflect on our place as humans in the earths ecosystem. [Mr. Quammen] is not just among our best science writers but among our best writers, period. Dwight Garner,