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Air-Borne: The Hidden History of the Life We Breathe

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內容簡介 我們呼吸的空氣中，不僅隱藏著的生命，更存在能顛覆世界的無形危險！我們每天平均會吸入兩千加侖的空氣——同時也吸入成千上萬的生命體。從地面到平流層，空氣中充滿了無形的生命。這個最後的生物學邊疆依然神秘莫測，科學家花了兩年多的時間才達成共識，認為新冠疫情是由空氣中的病毒引起的。在Air-Borne一書中，《紐約時報》專欄作家和作家Carl Zimmer帶領我們踏上穿越活生生的大氣層及其發現歷史的奧德賽之旅。我們將前往山脈冰川的頂端，了解路易·巴斯德如何從空氣中捕捉到病菌，並跟隨Amelia Earhart與Charles Lindbergh穿越雲層，進行開創性的實驗。我們將認識那些長被遺忘的空氣生物學先驅，包括William Wells和Mildred Wells，他們嘗試了數十年警告世人空氣傳播的感染，卻最終死於無名。Air-Borne記錄了空氣生物學的陰暗面，生動講述了美國與蘇聯如何秘密地建立空氣生物武器庫，這些武器旨在散播炭疽、天花以及各種其他病原體。這本書還讓讀者以全新的視角看待這個世界——一個海洋和森林將萬億細胞送入空氣的地方，一個微生物能吞噬雲層的地方，一個生命隨風飛翔數千英里的地方。Air-Borne將扣人心弦的歷史與有關新冠病毒及其他全球健康威脅的最新報導交織在一起，並在每一頁上都帶來驚喜，揭示了空氣中的隱秘世界。The fascinating, untold story of the air we breathe, the hidden life it contains, and invisible dangers that can turn the world upside downEvery day we draw in two thousand gallons of air—and thousands of living things. From the ground to the stratosphere, the air teems with invisible life. This last great biological frontier remains so mysterious that it took over two years for scientists to finally agree that the Covid pandemic was caused by an airborne virus.In Air-Borne, award-winning New York Times columnist and author Carl Zimmer leads us on an odyssey through the living atmosphere and through the history of its discovery. We travel to the tops of mountain glaciers, where Louis Pasteur caught germs from the air, and follow Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh above the clouds, where they conducted groundbreaking experiments. We meet the long-forgotten pioneers of aerobiology including William and Mildred Wells, who tried for decades to warn the world about airborne infections, only to die in obscurity.Air-Borne chronicles the dark side of aerobiology with gripping accounts of how the United States and the Soviet Union clandestinely built arsenals of airborne biological weapons designed to spread anthrax, smallpox, and an array of other pathogens. Air-Borne also leaves readers looking at the world with new eyes—as a place where the oceans and forests loft trillions of cells into the air, where microbes eat clouds, and where life soars thousands of miles on the wind.Weaving together gripping history with the latest reporting on Covid and other threats to global health, Air-Borne surprises us on every page as it reveals the hidden world of the air.

作者介紹

作者介紹 Carl ZimmerCarl Zimmer writes the Origins column for The New York Times and has frequently contributed to The Atlantic, National Geographic, Time, and Scientific American. He has won the American Association for the Advancement of Science's Science Journalism Award three times, among a host of other awards and fellowships. He teaches science writing at Yale, has been a guest on NPR's RadioLab, Science Friday, and Fresh Air, and maintains an international speaking schedule. He is the author of thirteen books about science, including She Has Her Mother's Laugh. Carl Zimmer is available for select readings and lectures. To inquire about a possible appearance, please contact Penguin Random House Speakers Bureau at [email protected] or visit www.prhspeakers.com.

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最佳賣點 : 我們呼吸的空氣中，不僅隱藏著的生命，更存在能顛覆世界的無形危險！