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"Kingfisher Knowledge" is a groundbreaking series for readers hungry for information on today's hot topics. Lively, engaging text, packed with information, accompanies stunning photographs that enhance each chapter. Amazing, state-of-the-art digital artwork guides readers into the fascinating heart of the subject. This learning adventure does not stop there - information panels throughout lead the reader to further discovery. Each chapter offers website links, book lists, places to visit and career information. "Epidemics & Plagues" takes an in-depth look at epidemics and plagues past and present, finding out about the big killer diseases and what happens when they spread rapidly and affect large numbers of people. It conveys the sad yet gripping histories of the Black Death of 13th-century Europe, the Great Plague of London, the devastating smallpox epidemics of 18th-century America and the flu epidemic that followed the First World War. It peers under the microscope at the agents that cause smallpox, influenza, cholera, tuberculosis, AIDS and malaria, examines the science to find out why they spread so quickly and what might be done to stop them. It also looks at history and legend to get an idea of why people have always been so frightened by the threat of epidemics and plagues.
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| Grade 6–9—This highly pictorial volume provides information about major epidemics and plagues of past eras and furnishes some information about current and potential infectious threats. Walker also looks at recent medical and scientific advances, including the surveillance, control, prevention, and treatment of infectious diseases. Full-color photos (including electron micrographs), diagrams, and illustrations appear on every spread, making it sometimes challenging to read the text positioned between many pictures and captions. Moreover, many of the images depict death, disease, and devastation. Overall, this is an adequate overview of the subject.—Caroline Geck, Kean University, Union, NJ
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| This book covers many plagues and epidemics. Through history there have been many, such as small pox, the black death, and the bird flu. In the book it tells of how these could have been prevented. Also it tells of the medical advances that have been made to ward off these terrible plagues and epidemics.
Some of the websites that were listed were no longer active.
Kids that enjoy reading about science will enjoy this book.
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