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David Quammen’s 16 previous books include The Tangled Tree, a National Book Award Finalist; The Song of the Dodo; The Reluctant Mr. Darwin; and Spillover, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and recipient of the Premio Letterario Merck, in Rome. More about this author >
The story of the worldwide scientific quest to decipher the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, trace its source, and make possible the vaccines to fight the Covid-19 pandemic. More about this book >
In The Tangled Tree, David Quammen, “one of that rare breed of science journalists who blends exploration with a talent for synthesis and storytelling” (Nature), chronicles these discoveries through the lives of the researchers who made them. More about this book >
David Quammen’s 16 previous books include The Tangled Tree, a National Book Award Finalist; The Song of the Dodo; The Reluctant Mr. Darwin; and Spillover, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and recipient of the Premio Letterario Merck, in Rome. He has written for The New Yorker, Harper’s, The Atlantic, National Geographic, and Outside, among other magazines, and is a three-time winner of the National Magazine Award.
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