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Spillover
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Spillover

Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

by David Quammen

Recommended by Jonathan Eisen

Recommended by Jonathan Eisen

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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Infectious Diseases, Best Science Books, and Most Recommended Books.

?Science writing as detective story at its best.? ?Jennifer Ouellette, Scientific AmericanA New York Times Notable Book of the Year, a Scientific American Best Book of the Year, and a Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.Ebola, SARS, Hendra, AIDS, and countless other deadly viruses all have one thing in common: the bugs that transmit...

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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Infectious Diseases, Best Science Books, and Most Recommended Books.

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Reading feels brisk and combative: clear metaphors and thought experiments carry much of the book, making abstract evolutionary mechanics concrete for a general reader. The most useful material offers step-by-step dismantling of purposive explanations and replaces them with probabilistic accounts of variation and selection. Main limitation is tone and repetition—several chapters restate the same counterarguments at length—and occasional technical detours into probability and genetics that slow readers who prefer story over demonstration. No hands-on exercises.

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