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A carregar... The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predatorpor Timothy C Winegard
   Nenhum(a) Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro.  cspiwak | Mar 6, 2024 |    ) JannetteRoberge | Jun 18, 2023 |  ) Gwendydd | Jan 1, 2023 | Nearly every military struggle in history has had its outcome affected by mosquitos. Christianity as a religion was significantly shaped by the mosquito. The formation of the modern world, the Columbian Exchange, the slave trade, all these things were inexorably shaped by diseases like Malaria and Yellow Fever. Particularly in a time -as Winegard points out- when human defenses against maladies like Malaria are significantly weaker than they have been in the past, I find this to be a vital subject and an enthralling book. ( ) Chris_Cob | Jan 26, 2022 | Winegard does a decent job of transiting us through time and continent to explore how mosquitos have shaped human experience, development, and history. As a retired soldier, and historian, one can tell he was drawn to anecdotes about the parasitic gnat and its effects on manoeuvre and combat. At times, this exploration felt a bit drawn out - with only cursory explorations of modern research and medicine. Recommended as a good read for the effects that our environment has on military operations. How our fleshy, vulnerable, spaceships truly are our Achilles heel; no matter how we may strive to overcome nature. ( ) peanutgiver | Jun 17, 2021 | sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
Why was gin and tonic the cocktail of choice for British colonists in India and Africa? What does Starbucks have to thank for its global domination? What has protected the lives of popes for millennia? Why did Scotland surrender its sovereignty to England? What was George Washington's secret weapon during the American Revolution? The answer to all these questions, and many more, is the mosquito. Across our planet since the dawn of humankind, this nefarious pest, roughly the size and weight of a grape seed, has been at the frontlines of history as the grim reaper, the harvester of human populations, and the ultimate agent of historical change. As the mosquito transformed the landscapes of civilization, humans were unwittingly required to respond to its piercing impact and universal projection of power. The mosquito has determined the fates of empires and nations, razed and crippled economies, and decided the outcome of pivotal wars, killing nearly half of humanity along the way. She (only females bite) has dispatched an estimated 52 billion people from a total of 108 billion throughout our relatively brief existence. As the greatest purveyor of extermination we have ever known, she has played a greater role in shaping our human story than any other living thing with which we share our global village. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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 Google Books — A carregar...GénerosSistema Decimal de Melvil (DDC)595.77Natural sciences and mathematics Zoology Arthropoda Insects: Insecta, Hexapoda Diptera: flies, etc.Classificação da Biblioteca do Congresso dos EUA (LCC)AvaliaçãoMédia: (3.47)
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