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SuperSummary, a modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, offers high-quality instructional study guides for challenging works of literature. This audio study guide for Spillover by David Quammen includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes, such as the value of scientific expertise, randomness and risk, and humans as animals. Featured content also includes commentary on major characters, 25 important quotes, essay questions, and discussion topics.
Interspersing studies of medical mysteries with accounts of his own travels and meetings with experts, author David Quammen explores the emergence and potentially catastrophic consequences of zoonotic disease (illnesses humans acquire from animals).
This audio study guide presents the same expert content - written by experienced teachers, professors, and literary scholars - in an easy-to-access audio format. SuperSummary study guides demonstrate an authoritative voice, present expert analysis, offer big picture ideas, and help listeners understand a work’s underlying meanings and conclusions.
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- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,854
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,590
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,586
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4 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating, but not Riveting
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- Narrado por: Mark Rabi
- Duración: 3 h y 31 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 27
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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1 out of 5 stars
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Boring struggled to finish
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Deadliest Enemy
- Our War Against Killer Germs
- De: Michael T. Osterholm, Mark Olshaker, Michael T. Osterholm PhD MPH
- Narrado por: Jamie Renell
- Duración: 11 h y 26 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 1,373
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1,176
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 1,169
We are facing an overwhelming army of deadly, invisible enemies. We need a plan - before it's too late. Unlike natural disasters, whose destruction is concentrated in a limited area over a period of days, and illnesses, which have devastating effects but are limited to individuals and their families, infectious disease has the terrifying power to disrupt everyday life on a global scale, overwhelming public and private resources and bringing trade and transportation to a grinding halt.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Not since the atomic bomb has a technology so alarmed its inventors that they warned the world about its use. Not, that is, until the spring of 2015, when biologist Jennifer Doudna called for a worldwide moratorium on the use of the new gene-editing tool CRISPR - a revolutionary new technology that she helped create - to make heritable changes in human embryos.
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4 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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Important read
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