Can’t find what you’re looking for? Pathogenesis: How germs made history. Pathogenesis: How germs made history The Cheap Fast Free Post. A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK A TIMES SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR A SUNDAY TIMES SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR’Powerfully argued… Fascinating and pacy’ Sunday Times, Book of the Week’Superbly written… Sure to please readers of Yuval Noah Harari or Rutger Bregman’ The Times’Full of amazing facts’ Observer’The book shines when it brings cutting-edge science to bear’ Financial Times’A dizzying range of material’ The Economist’A humbling story for humankind’ Spectator Challenges some of the greatest cliches about colonialism… A revelation’ SATHNAM SANGHERA’Thrilling and eye-opening’ LEWIS DARTNELL’Science and history at its best’ MARK HONIGSBAUM’Unpicks everything we thought we knew… Mind blowing’ CAL FLYN In this revelatory book, Dr Jonathan Kennedy argues that germs have shaped humanity at every stage, from the first success of Homo sapiens over the equally intelligent Neanderthals to the fall of Rome and the rise of Islam. How did an Indonesian volcano help cause the Black Death, setting Europe on the road to capitalism? How could 168 men extract the largest ransom in history from an opposing army of eighty thousand? And why did the Industrial Revolution lead to the birth of the modern welfare state? The latest science reveals that infectious diseases are not just something that happens to us, but a fundamental part of who we are. Indeed, the only reason humans don’t lay eggs is that a virus long ago inserted itself into our DNA, and there are as many bacteria in your body as there are human cells. We have been thinking about the survival of the fittest all wrong: evolution is not simply about human strength and intelligence, but about how we live and thrive in a world dominated by microbes. By exploring the startling intimacy of our relationship with infectious diseases, Kennedy shows how they have been responsible for some of the seismic revolutions of the past 50,000 years. Provocative and brimming with insight, Pathogenesis transforms our understanding of the human story, revealing how the crisis of a pandemic can offer vital opportunities for change. Please note, the image is for illustrative purposes only, actual book cover, binding and edition may vary. Our poly packaging is made with 30% recycled plastic content and is made in the UK. It has a LDPE 04 logo on it, which means that it can be recycled with other soft plastic (such as carrier bags). Our cardboard packaging is also 100% recyclable and can be recycled kerbside. We are committed to ensuring each customer is entirely satisfied with their puchase and our service. If you have any issues or concerns please contact our customer service team and they will be more than happy to help. We offer great value books on a wide range of subjects and we have grown steadily to become one of the UK’s leading retailers of second-hand books. While we do our best to provide good quality books for you to read, there is no escaping the fact that it has been owned and read by someone else before you. World of Books Ltd sells quality used books at competitive prices to over 2 million customers worldwide each year. We want your experience with World of Books Ltd to be enjoyable and problem free. Started by a group of dedicated book lovers, over the past 8 years World of Books Ltd has seen the inventory grow from 1000 to over 1 Million books in stock. We appreciate the impact a good book can have. We know the excitement of a new page turner, or the familiar joy of an old favourite. We all like the idea of saving a bit of cash, so when we found out how many good quality used books are out there – we just had to let you know! All of our books are checked for quality before they go on sale and we like to think that our prices mean that no book is beyond your budget. At World of Books Ltd we are committed to minimising our environmental impact. Each month we recycle over 2.3 million books, saving over 12,500 tonnes of books a year from going straight into landfill sites. All of our paper waste is recycled and turned into corrugated cardboard. We believe that it is a travesty to simply throw away a used book when there is nothing wrong with it – we believe in giving each book the chance of finding a new home.