9781781317907-1781317909-The Atlas of Disease: Mapping deadly epidemics and contagion from the plague to the zika virus

The Atlas of Disease: Mapping deadly epidemics and contagion from the plague to the zika virus

ISBN-13: 9781781317907
ISBN-10: 1781317909
Edition: 1
Author: Sandra Hempel
Publication date: 2018
Publisher: White Lion Publishing
Format: Hardcover 224 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781781317907
ISBN-10: 1781317909
Edition: 1
Author: Sandra Hempel
Publication date: 2018
Publisher: White Lion Publishing
Format: Hardcover 224 pages

Summary

The Atlas of Disease: Mapping deadly epidemics and contagion from the plague to the zika virus (ISBN-13: 9781781317907 and ISBN-10: 1781317909), written by authors Sandra Hempel, was published by White Lion Publishing in 2018. With an overall rating of 4.3 stars, it's a notable title among other Historical Study & Educational Resources (Medical, Encyclopedias & Subject Guides, Reference, Medicine, Medicine, Sociology) books. You can easily purchase or rent The Atlas of Disease: Mapping deadly epidemics and contagion from the plague to the zika virus (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Historical Study & Educational Resources books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $1.24.

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Behind every disease is a story, a complex narrative woven of multiple threads, from the natural history of the disease, to the tale of its discovery and its place in history.

But what is vital in all of this is how the disease spreads and develops. In The Atlas of Disease, Sandra Hemple reveals how maps have uncovered insightful information about the history of disease, from the seventeenth century plague maps that revealed the radical idea that diseases might be carried and spread by humans, to cholera maps in the 1800s showing the disease was carried by water, right up to the AIDs epidemic in the 1980s and the recent Ebola outbreak.

Crucially, The Atlas of Disease will also explore how cartographic techniques have been used to combat epidemics by revealing previously hidden patterns. These discoveries have changed the course of history, affected human evolution, stimulated advances in medicine and shaped the course of countless lives.

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