How Contagion Works, Paolo Giordano
How Contagion Works, Paolo Giordano
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How Contagion Works
Science, Awareness, and Community in Times of Global Crises

Author: Paolo Giordano, Alex Valente

Narrator: David Thorpe, Paolo Giordano

Unabridged: 1 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 04/14/2020


Synopsis

The Covid-19 pandemic is the most significant health emergency of our time.

Writing from Italy in lockdown, physicist and novelist Paolo Giordano explains how disease
spreads in our interconnected world:
why it matters
how it impacts us
how we must react
By expanding his focus to include other forms of contagion - from the environmental crisis to fake news and xenophobia - Giordano shows us not just how we got here but also how we can work together to move forward.

About The Author

PAOLO GIORDANO is a physicist and a bestselling writer. His first novel, THE SOLITUDE OF PRIME NUMBERS, was translated into more than 40 languages worldwide and won the Premio Strega (the Italian Booker). Paolo is the author of the forthcoming novel HEAVEN AND EARTH and of the pamphlet HOW CONTAGION WORKS, a rallying cry inspired by the recent C oV-19 epidemic. He is also the creator of the new HBO series WE ARE WHO WE ARE, co-written and directed by Luca Guadagnino. He holds a master's degree and a PhD in theoretical physics.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Viola on April 04, 2020

" Kā var apturēt kaut ko, kas pieaug arvien straujāk?" " Ar lielu spēku. Ar lielu upurēšanos. Ar lielu pacietību." Pirms visa šī sākšanās man bija diskusija ar kolēģi, viņa pārmeta man negatīvismu attiecībā pret cilvēkiem. "Lai taču katrs dzīvo, kā māk, katram ir tiesības uz idiotismu utt.", viņa tei......more

Goodreads review by Inga on April 09, 2020

Grāmata patiešām nesniedz atbildes, bet arī nerada trauksmi. Tas ir mierīgs, līdzsvarots, racionāls skats uz notiekošo. Arī reālistisks, bez pušķošanas, bez pārspīlēšanas. Tieši laikā (visās nozīmēs). Vienā piegājienā izlasāma grāmata (neliela eseja ~40 lpp), lai nonāktu apmēram pie tā paša secināju......more