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Plagues upon the Earth

Book • 2021

Plagues Upon the Earth offers a comprehensive view of how infectious diseases have shaped human history, from early origins to modern pandemics.

The book intertwines historical narratives with insights from genetics, highlighting the entanglement of disease with societal factors like slavery, colonialism, and technological progress.

It also explores how human advancements have both mitigated and exacerbated disease risks.

Mentioned by

David Wallace-Wells

Mentioned in 2 episodes

Mentioned by

Dwarkesh Patel

in the context of discussing the impact of diseases on human history.

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Mentioned by

Tom Holland

as a brilliant new book exploring the history of disease from Homo erectus to COVID.

146. Disease vs. the rise of civilisation

Mentioned by

David Frum

as one of

Kyle Harper

's books that integrates climate science and epidemiology into human history.

The Preventable Return of Deadly Diseases

Recommended by

David Wallace-Wells

as a history of disease and the way it has shaped history, politics, social life and civilization.

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