Until proven safe : the history and future of quarantine /
Geoff Manaugh, Nicola Twilley.
- 396 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps ; 22 cm
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.