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In The Viral Storm award-winning
biologist Nathan Wolfe - known as 'the Indiana Jones of
virus hunters' for his work in jungles and rain forests
across the world - shows the threat of a global pandemic
is greater than we have ever imagined.
The Viral
Storm examines how viruses like HIV, swine flu, and
bird flu have almost wiped us out in the past - and may
do so in the future. It explores why modern life makes
us so vulnerable to global pandemics, and what new
technologies can do to prevent them. Wolfe's provocative
vision may leave you feeling distinctly uncomfortable -
but it will reveal exactly what it is we are up against.
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.
Reviews:
'An excellent
piece of scientific gothic, rich in descriptions of the
threat we face from emerging viruses'
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
plague-ridden future imagined by this authoritative,
measured, yet gripping book is extremely alarming'
Sunday Times
'Nathan Wolfe is saving the world
from near-inevitable pandemic ... a kick-ass book'
Mary Roach, author of Stiff
'The
world's most prominent virus hunter' New
Yorker
'A good place to start preparing for
what might come' New Humanist
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