Written in a style that is very accessible to anyone with a minimum of a secondary school level understanding of biology and mathematics, and supported by helpful illustrations, “Viruses, Pandemics, and Immunity” provides clear and straightforward explanations of all the hot topic words and concepts involved in the current pandemic that have been filling the headlines this past year.
When it comes to the literature of natural history, there are certain words that when found in the title of a book automatically draw attention to it – words such as “invertebrates,” “medically important,” and “venomous.” So when all of these are found in the title of one single book, well… how could any self-respecting naturalist possibly resist the desire to learn more about it?
Whenever I read an article about global climate change, it seems as though the focus is always forward – “what are we going to do?” However as an amateur historian of natural history, my mind tends to work better when asking questions not of the future but of the past.