The Viral Storm explores why modern life makes us so vulnerable to global pandemics, and what new technologies can do to prevent them.
Nathan Wolfe is the Lorry I. Lokey Visiting Professor in Human Biology at Stanford University and Director of Global Viral Forecasting, a pandemic early warning system which monitors the spillover of novel infectious agents from animals into humans. Wolfe has been published in or profiled by Nature, Science, The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Economist, Forbes and many others. Wolfe was the recipient of a Fulbright fellowship in 1997 and was awarded the National Institutes of Health (NIH) International Research Scientist Development Award in 1999 and the prestigious NIH Director's Pioneer Award in 2005.
Nathan Wolfe is saving the world from near-inevitable pandemic ...
a kick-ass book
*Mary Roach, author of Stiff*
An excellent piece of scientific gothic, rich in descriptions of
the threat we face from emerging viruses ... thought-provoking
*Nature*
Part autobiography, part warning ... enthralling
*BBC Focus*
Quietly terrifying ... It's hard not to feel a bit feverish at
times while reading
*Boston Globe*
Wolfe has an important story to tell and as a virologist at the
forefront of pandemic forecasting, he is the perfect person to tell
it. He explains the science clearly and never stoops to
sensationalism - the evidence of our increasing vulnerability to
pandemics speaks for itself
*Guardian*
The world's most prominent virus hunter
*New Yorker*
The plague-ridden future imagined by this authoritative, measured,
yet gripping book is extremely alarming
*Sunday Times*
A good place to start preparing for what might come
*New Humanist*
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