Oh yes, somebody actually did a study on mathematics of a hypothetical zombie attack, and published it in a book on infectious disease. So, while we still don’t know what to do if a deadly asteroid takes aim at Earth,… Read More ›
Infectious disease
When Plague Strikes: The Black Death, Smallpox, AIDS by James Cross Giblin
Opening Sentence:Like all epidemic diseases, the Plague of Athens struck suddenly and without warning. Synopsis:And no bells tolled, and nobody wept no matter what his loss because almost everyone expected death…And people said and believed, “This is the end of… Read More ›
The Black Death by Philip Ziegler
Opening Sentence:It must have been at some time during 1346 that word first reached Europe of strange and tragic happenings far away in the East. Synopsis:A series of natural disasters in the Orient during the fourteenth century caused the most… Read More ›
Books I Read in May 2009
Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron A Fortunate Life by A.B. Facey Brave New World by Aldous Huxley The Annunciate by Severna Park The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson Needful Things by Stephen King… Read More ›
