EPISODE · May 1, 2025 · 10H 11M
So Very Small | Thomas Levenson
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#ads Stream any unabridged audiobook of your choice with premium access by starting your trial on:https://booksreader.space/al-1974/Title: So Very Small Author: Thomas Levenson Narrator: Mike Cooper Format: mp3 Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins Release date: 05-01-25 Ratings: Not rated yet Genres: Science Publisher's Summary: In 1665, an infectious disease swept through the British capital and claimed the lives of tens of thousands of people. It would take another two hundred years for the cause of the Great Plague of London to be confirmed: a powerful bacterium called Yersinia pestis. In those centuries, our understanding of diseases was transformed. In So Very Small, Thomas Levenson reveals how human hubris led us to overestimate our own ability and underestimate the threat that microorganisms truly pose.
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#ads Stream any unabridged audiobook of your choice with premium access by starting your trial on:https://booksreader.space/al-1974/Title: So Very Small Author: Thomas Levenson Narrator: Mike Cooper Format: mp3 Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins Release date: 05-01-25 Ratings: Not rated yet Genres: Science Publisher's Summary: In 1665, an infectious disease swept through the British capital and claimed the lives of tens of thousands of people. It would take another two hundred years for the cause of the Great Plague of London to be confirmed: a powerful bacterium called Yersinia pestis. In those centuries, our understanding of diseases was transformed. In So Very Small, Thomas Levenson reveals how human hubris led us to overestimate our own ability and underestimate the threat that microorganisms truly pose.
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