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Until proven safe : the history and future of quarantine / Geoff Manaugh, Nicola Twilley.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: New York : MCD, 2021Description: 396 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps ; 22 cmContent type:
  • cartographic image
  • still image
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0374126585
  • 9780374126582
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 614.46 23
LOC classification:
  • RA655 .M36 2021
Contents:
Encountering uncertainty. The coming quarantine -- Building quarantine. The quarantine tourist ; Postmarks from the edge ; An extraordinary power ; Alone together -- Animal, vegetable, mineral, alien. Biology at the border ; A million years of isolation ; All the planets, all the time -- Distance assistance. Algorithms of quarantine -- Epilogue: Until proven safe.
Summary: Journalists Geoff Manaugh and Nicola Twilley explore the history and future of quarantine, from the Black Death to Big Data.--Provided by the publisher.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks RA655 .M36 2021 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001498566

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Encountering uncertainty. The coming quarantine -- Building quarantine. The quarantine tourist ; Postmarks from the edge ; An extraordinary power ; Alone together -- Animal, vegetable, mineral, alien. Biology at the border ; A million years of isolation ; All the planets, all the time -- Distance assistance. Algorithms of quarantine -- Epilogue: Until proven safe.

Journalists Geoff Manaugh and Nicola Twilley explore the history and future of quarantine, from the Black Death to Big Data.--Provided by the publisher.

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