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Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues

by Jonathan Kennedy

According to the accepted narrative of progress, humans have thrived thanks to their brains and brawn, collectively bending the arc of history. But in this revelatory book, Professor Jonathan Kennedy argues that the myth of human exceptionalism overstates the role that we play in social and political change. Instead, it is the humble microbe that wins wars a

Publisher

Crown Publishing Group, The

Publication date

2023

Format

Print edition

Pages

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ISBN

9780593240472