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Rabia - by Bill Wasik (Paperback)

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  • About the Author: Bill Wasik es director editorial de The New York Times Magazine.
  • 240 Pages
  • Science, Life Sciences

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A child bitten by a bat, a Victorian lady stroking her harmless lapdog, a soldier surprised by a rabid wolf in remote mountains... stories separated by centuries and geography, but united by the same outcome: death. Rabies is still the most lethal virus known to humankind. With a mortality rate close to 100%, it offers no respite once it reaches the brain. Its true power, however, lies not only in killing, but in instilling terror. In this work, journalist Bill Wasik, editorial director of The New York Times Magazine, and veterinarian Monica Murphy trace the cultural and scientific biography of an ancient enemy. From vampire myths to zombie fiction, from Pasteur's heroic experiments to current health emergency protocols, Rabies explores how a microscopic virus has shaped part of our culture and our fears. A masterpiece of popular science that connects modern virology with cultural anthropology and the history of science, revealing how a pathogen capable of invading the nervous system has also spread virulently in the collective imagination. In times marked by global pandemics, Rabia offers essential keys to understanding how zoonotic diseases continue to influence human destiny.



About the Author



Bill Wasik es director editorial de The New York Times Magazine. Ha escrito libros como And Then There's This: How Stories Live and Die in Viral Culture y Our Kindred Creatures: How Americans Came to Feel the Way They Do About Animals. También es editor de Submersion Journalism: Reporting in the Radical First Person from Harper's Magazine. Ha escrito para Oxford American, Slate, Salon y McSweeney's, y anteriormente fue editor senior en Wired y Harper's Magazine.Monica Murphy es veterinaria y escritora. Junto con su esposo Bill Wasik, es coautora de Our Kindred Creatures: How Americans Came to Feel the Way They Do About Animals (2024) y Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus. Su libro anterior Rabid fue bestseller de Los Angeles Times. Como veterinaria, ha dedicado gran parte de su carrera profesional a pensar sobre la rabia, aunque paradójicamente, en Estados Unidos es una enfermedad que rara vez se ve en la práctica clínica.
Dimensions (Overall): 9.5 Inches (H) x 5.9 Inches (W) x .8 Inches (D)
Weight: .85 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 240
Genre: Science
Sub-Genre: Life Sciences
Publisher: Guadalmazan
Theme: Microbiology
Format: Paperback
Author: Bill Wasik
Language: Spanish
Street Date: March 10, 2026
TCIN: 1009759409
UPC: 9788419414960
Item Number (DPCI): 247-01-0725
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship weight: 0.85 pounds
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  • A: Monica Murphy, a veterinarian and writer, co-authored the book with Bill Wasik.

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  • A: The book is written in Spanish, making it accessible to a Spanish-speaking audience.

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Q: What is the primary focus of the book?

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  • A: The primary focus is on the cultural and scientific biography of rabies and its influence on human fear and culture.

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  • A: The book explores themes of microbiology, cultural anthropology, and the historical impact of rabies on society.

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