The book took certainly more than a year which took a couple of years and it was the process of just reading and discovering and reading and discovering that was really brilliant. I started off with a very clear chronological order and I think there's my own understanding of the topic developed but you do jump across time and jumps kind of between chapters so yeah that was the main driving force of the book when you start looking at them in more detailyou realize how ignorant you are and how little you know.
This week on the Penguin Podcast, Isy Suttie is joined by professor and writer, Jonathan Kennedy.
Jonathan joins us to discuss his debut work of non-fiction, Pathogenesis, a look at the latest science of infectious diseases and bacteria, and how it has shaped human evolution.
Isy and Jonathan also discuss the Stone Henge, his love for cycling scenery, how some bacteria have given us abilities we wouldn't otherwise have, and the importance of South Africa and Pata Pata by Miriam Makeba.
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