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Breathless : the scientific race to defeat a deadly virus / Daniel Quammen.

Summary:
"The story of the worldwide scientific quest to decipher the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, trace its source, and make possible the vaccines to fight the Covid-19 pandemic"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781982164362
  • ISBN: 1982164360
  • Physical Description: viii, 406 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2022.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-394) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Citizens need not panic -- The warnings -- Message in a bottle -- Market dynamics -- Variables and constants -- Four kinds of magic -- The leopards of Mumbai -- Nobody knows everything.
Awards Note:
A Junior Library Guild Selection.
Subject: COVID-19 (Disease)
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-
COVID-19 vaccines.
Coronavirus infections.
Virus diseases.
Communicable diseases.
Epidemics.
Genre: Informational works.

Available copies

  • 25 of 25 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 25 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Albright Memorial Library 614.5 QUAMMEN (Text) 50686016237781 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Alexander Hamilton Memorial Free Library 614.5 QUA (Text) 37268003158672 AHMFL Adult Non-Fiction Available -
Altoona Area Public Library 614.5924 QUA (Text) 33240004724145 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Cambria County Library YA 614.592 Q111b (Text) 85131001862375 CACM Young Adult Non-Fiction Available -
Dalton Community Library 614.592 QUAMMEN (Text) 50689010459484 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Degenstein Community Library NF 614.592 QUAMMEN (Text) 35031301244720 Adult Non-Fiction Available -
Emmaus Public Library YA 614.5924 QUAM (Text) 36446002084112 Young Adult Nonfiction Available -
Green Free Library (Wellsboro) 614.5 QUA (Text) 92525809 GFWM Main Room Available -
Indian Valley Public Library 614.5 Quammen Science (Text) 39427103704425 Nonfiction Room: Adult Nonfiction Available -
Martin Library Adults 614.5 QUA Science Technology (Text) 33454005901152 2nd Floor Available -


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