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More copies of this ISBNMalaria Capers: Tales of Parasites and Peopleby Robert S Desowitz
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Why, Robert S. Desowitz asks, has biotechnical research on malaria produced so little when it had promised so much? An expert in tropical diseases, Desowtiz searches for answers in this provocative book.
Synopsis:A study of the present state of research in tropical diseases, this volume examines malaria, which still rages unabated in parts of the world, and kala azar, or the black sickness, which is endemic in India. This book was highly commended as a runner-up in the 1993 Rhone-Poulenc Science Book prize.
Synopsis:"Reads like a murder mystery. . . . [Desowitz] writes with uncommon lucidity and verse, leaving the reader with a vivid understanding of malaria and other tropical diseases, and the ways in which culture, climate and politics have affected their spread and containment."--New York Times
Synopsis:A gripping account of how a one-celled protozoan has triumphed over modern science.Just as it was not necessary to be an astrophysicist to feel the grandeur and scope of Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time, it is not necessary to be a parasitologist or specialist in tropical medicine to relate to the drama, tragedy and even romance of Desowitz's fascinating and provocative story. . . . Interesting and important.
About the AuthorRobert S. Desowitz, a leading epidemiologist, is the author of New Guinea Tape Worms and Jewish Grandmothers and The Malaria Capers, among other books. He lives in Pinehurst, North Carolina.
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