Elegant defense: the extraordinary new science of the immune system: a tale in four lives

By:

Richtel, Matt

Publication details: William Morrow, 2019. New York:Description: xv, 425p.: ill.; pbk; 21cmISBN:

9780063242869

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

616.079 RIC

Summary: An Elegant Defense effortlessly guides readers on a scientific detective tale winding from the Black Plague to twentieth-century breakthroughs in vaccination and antibiotics, to today’s laboratories that are revolutionizing immunology—perhaps the most extraordinary and consequential medical story of our time. Drawing on extensive new interviews with dozens of world-renowned scientists, Richtel has produced a landmark book, equally an investigation into the deepest riddles of survival and a profoundly human tale that is movingly brought to life through the eyes of his four main characters, each of whom illuminates an essential facet of our “elegant defense.” https://www.harpercollins.com/products/elegant-defense-an-matt-richtel?variant=39338697195554

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Includes index and references

An Elegant Defense effortlessly guides readers on a scientific detective tale winding from the Black Plague to twentieth-century breakthroughs in vaccination and antibiotics, to today’s laboratories that are revolutionizing immunology—perhaps the most extraordinary and consequential medical story of our time. Drawing on extensive new interviews with dozens of world-renowned scientists, Richtel has produced a landmark book, equally an investigation into the deepest riddles of survival and a profoundly human tale that is movingly brought to life through the eyes of his four main characters, each of whom illuminates an essential facet of our “elegant defense.”

https://www.harpercollins.com/products/elegant-defense-an-matt-richtel?variant=39338697195554

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