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Deadly Feasts: Tracking the Secrets of a Terrifying New Plague - Rhodes, Richard

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A book that has been read and does not look new, but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the book cover, with the dust jacket (if applicable) included for hard covers. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins. Some identifying marks on the inside cover, but this is minimal. Very little wear and tear. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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Subject Area
Public Health
Binding
Paperback
Weight
0 lbs
Product Group
Book
Educational Level
Adult & Further Education
IsTextBook
No
Subject
Health
Level
Advanced, Proficiency
ISBN
9780684844251

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10
0684844257
ISBN-13
9780684844251
eBay Product ID (ePID)
878688

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Deadly Feasts : Tracking the Secrets of a Terrifying New Plague
Publication Year
1998
Subject
Neurology, Life Sciences / Virology, Infectious Diseases, Diseases
Type
Textbook
Author
Richard Rhodes
Subject Area
Science, Medical
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
9.1 Oz
Item Length
8.4 in
Item Width
5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
"In the science literature of Armageddon, Deadly Feasts is in a class by itself....Rhodes is able to make hard science come alive."- Peter Collier, Chicago Tribune, Claudia WinklerThe Weekly StandardDeadly Feastsis a breezy, immensely readable account....It is a splendid description of the process by which scientific knowledge is advanced., Oliver Sacks The New Yorker Deadly Feasts is a book to be read and pondered carefully -- and perhaps acted on -- possibly before eating one's next hamburger., "A vivid and engrossing account of a scientific saga worthy of Paul de Kruff's Microbe-Hunters." Beryl Lieff Benderly, San Jose Mercury News, Oliver SacksThe New YorkerDeadly Feastsis a book to be read and pondered carefully -- and perhaps acted on -- possibly before eating one's next hamburger., "An Upton Sinclair-ish look inside the modern meat industry...Rhodes tells this medical detective story beautifully." John Schwartz, The Washington Post, John SchwartzThe Washington PostAn Upton Sinclair-ish look inside the modern meat industry...Rhodes tells this medical detective story beautifully., Peter Collier Chicago Tribune In the science literature of Armageddon, Deadly Feasts is in a class by itself....Rhodes is able to make hard science come alive., "In the science literature of Armageddon, Deadly Feasts is in a class by itself....Rhodes is able to make hard science come alive."e" Peter Collier, Chicago Tribune, Nancy Schapiro St. Louis Post-Dispatch [Rhodes] is a wonderful storyteller, Deadly Feasts is a great mystery story., "[Rhodes] is a wonderful storyteller, Deadly Feasts is a great mystery story."e" Nancy Schapiro, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, "Deadly Feasts is a book to be read and pondered carefully -- and perhaps acted on -- possibly before eating one's next hamburger."- Oliver Sacks, The New Yorker, "Deadly Feasts is a breezy, immensely readable account....It is a splendid description of the process by which scientific knowledge is advanced." Claudia Winkler, The Weekly Standard, "Deadly Feasts is a breezy, immensely readable account....It is a splendid description of the process by which scientific knowledge is advanced."e" Claudia Winkler, The Weekly Standard, "Deadly Feasts is a book to be read and pondered carefully -- and perhaps acted on -- possibly before eating one's next hamburger."e" Oliver Sacks, The New Yorker, "[Rhodes] is a wonderful storyteller, Deadly Feasts is a great mystery story."- Nancy Schapiro, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, John Schwartz The Washington Post An Upton Sinclair-ish look inside the modern meat industry...Rhodes tells this medical detective story beautifully., Beryl Lieff BenderlySan Jose Mercury NewsA vivid and engrossing account of a scientific saga worthy of Paul de Kruff's Microbe-Hunters., "Deadly Feasts is a breezy, immensely readable account....It is a splendid description of the process by which scientific knowledge is advanced."- Claudia Winkler, The Weekly Standard, "A vivid and engrossing account of a scientific saga worthy of Paul de Kruff's Microbe-Hunters."- Beryl Lieff Benderly, San Jose Mercury News, Peter CollierChicago TribuneIn the science literature of Armageddon,Deadly Feastsis in a class by itself....Rhodes is able to make hard science come alive., "In the science literature of Armageddon, Deadly Feasts is in a class by itself....Rhodes is able to make hard science come alive." Peter Collier, Chicago Tribune, Beryl Lieff Benderly San Jose Mercury News A vivid and engrossing account of a scientific saga worthy of Paul de Kruff's Microbe-Hunters., Claudia Winkler The Weekly Standard Deadly Feasts is a breezy, immensely readable account....It is a splendid description of the process by which scientific knowledge is advanced., "An Upton Sinclair-ish look inside the modern meat industry...Rhodes tells this medical detective story beautifully."e" John Schwartz, The Washington Post, "An Upton Sinclair-ish look inside the modern meat industry...Rhodes tells this medical detective story beautifully."- John Schwartz, The Washington Post, "A vivid and engrossing account of a scientific saga worthy of Paul de Kruff's Microbe-Hunters."e" Beryl Lieff Benderly, San Jose Mercury News, "[Rhodes] is a wonderful storyteller, Deadly Feasts is a great mystery story." Nancy Schapiro, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, "Deadly Feasts is a book to be read and pondered carefully -- and perhaps acted on -- possibly before eating one's next hamburger." Oliver Sacks, The New Yorker, Nancy SchapiroSt. Louis Post-Dispatch[Rhodes] is a wonderful storyteller,Deadly Feastsis a great mystery story.
Illustrated
Yes
Table Of Content
CONTENTS To the Reader PART ONE: Among the Cannibals 1. I Eat You 2. Kuru 3. Dr. Creutzfeldt and Dr. Jakob 4. Across the Species Barrier 5. The Life and Death of Georgette 6. The Cannibal Connection PART TWO: The Strangest Thing in All Biology 7. The Disease That Wouldn't Die 8. High-Tech Neocannibalism 9. Infecting the Children 10. A Candidate for a Modern Wonder PART THREE: God in the Guise of a Virus 11. Meat Bites Back 12. Ice-Nine 13. It's Kuru and Nothing but Kuru Afterword: We May Have to Face an Epidemic Glossary Acknowledgments Index
Synopsis
In this brilliant and gripping medical detective story. Richard Rhodes follows virus hunters on three continents as they track the emergence of a deadly new brain disease that first kills cannibals in New Guinea, then cattle and young people in Britain and France -- and that has already been traced to food animals in the United States. In a new Afterword for the paperback, Rhodes reports the latest U.S. and worldwide developments of a burgeoning global threat., In this brilliant and gripping medical detective story. Richard Rhodes follows virus hunters on three continents as they track the emergence of a deadly new brain disease that first kills cannibals in New Guinea, then cattle and young people in Britain and France--and that has already been traced to food animals in the United States. In a new afterword for the paperback, Rhodes reports the latest US and worldwide developments of a burgeoning global threat.
LC Classification Number
RA644.P93

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  • Something we all need to know about

    Starts off a little long on the Kuru topic, then progresses nicely to what I wanted to read about which is the CJD. It's too bad there is very little awareness of this disease that takes a person from a pillar of health to gone in 6 months. I had a relative die from CJD just last year, they were unable to identify the source of his CJD which is why I'm reading this book to learn more. Very captivating.

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  • Deadly Feast is caused from cannibalism. Our sewer and water providers have contaminated our food and water .Cannibalizing us by drinking toilet to ta

    I bought many of this book for my friends to read. Right now in October 2019 there is a mad cow problem in Texas from using biosludge on the crops. Pyron in the element in Mad Cow which can not be destroyed by heat or chemicals. 25 states in America are going to use alkaline hydrolysis, for water cremations. Ca AB 967 October 2017 Gov. Jerry Brown signed it. Assemblyman Todd Gloria from San Diego got it passed because it was not put in the news, until after it was signed. I recommend Deadly Feast by Richard Rhodes from everyone to read. Our government is cannibalizing us through our toilet to tap drinking water. They liquefy dead bodies and pour it down the drain. This will increase cancer death rates and may start the next pandemic of pyron "mad cow" disease. I am sure they will come up ...

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  • Good read

    Learned a lot Reading this book. Some of the rendering plant practices are down right gruesome. Human placenta mixed in with animal offal at rendering plants to make supplemental animal feed. WHAT! If you get one of the brain diseases this books discusses you are a goner and it won’t be pretty.

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  • Could save your life.

    A great book everyone in the world should read.

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  • a must read

    good book good shape some underlining not noted but no bother

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