Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus

by Monica Murphy and Bill Wasik

Book Overview

The most fatal virus known to science, rabies-a disease that spreads avidly from animals to humans-kills nearly one hundred percent of its victims once the infection takes root in the brain. In this... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670023736
• ISBN13: 9780670023738
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Viking Books
• Length: 275 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Wild Ride

I know what you're thinking, "How could you possibly write a 300 page work about a disease that's largely been eradicated in the modern world? Even if you could, wouldn't it be about as interesting as a dissertation on the composition of sand?" Admittedly, I bought this book because of the Fun Run episode of The Office, however, I was hooked! Who knew that rabies was so fascinating? The first few chapters were a bit arduous for me, but after surpassing that initial hurdle, I was enthralled. I found myself staying up way too late and babbling excitedly to my bewildered coworkers the next day, "Dude, I have got to tell you about Louis Pasteur." Highly recommend.