Book description
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
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.
