{"product_id":"the-human-disease-how-we-create-pandemics-from-our-bodies-to-our-beliefs-sabrina-sholts-hardcover","title":"The Human Disease: How We Create Pandemics, from Our Bodies to Our Beliefs -- Sabrina Sholts, Hardcover","description":"\u003cb\u003eHow the very fact of being human makes us vulnerable to pandemics--and gives us the power to save ourselves.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe COVID-19 pandemic won't be our last--because what makes us vulnerable to pandemics also makes us human. That is the uncomfortable but all-too-timely message of \u003ci\u003eThe Human Disease\u003c\/i\u003e, which travels through history and around the globe to examine how and why pandemics are an inescapable threat of our own making. Drawing on dozens of disciplines--from medicine, epidemiology, and microbiology to anthropology, sociology, ecology, and neuroscience--as well as a unique expertise in public education about pandemic risks, biological anthropologist Sabrina Sholts identifies the human traits and tendencies that double as pandemic liabilities, from the anatomy that defines us to the misperceptions that divide us. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWeaving together a wealth of personal experiences, scientific findings, and historical stories, Sholts brings dramatic and much-needed clarity to one of the most profound challenges we face as a species. Though the COVID-19 pandemic looms large in Sholts's account, it is, in fact, just one of the many infectious disease events explored in \u003ci\u003eThe Human Disease\u003c\/i\u003e. With its expansive, evolutionary perspective, the book explains how humanity will continue to face new pandemics because \u003ci\u003ehumans cause them\u003c\/i\u003e, by the ways that we are and the things that we do. By recognizing our risks, Sholts suggests, we can take actions to reduce them. When the next pandemic happens, and how bad it becomes, are largely within our highly capable human hands--and will be determined by what we do with our extraordinary human brains.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sabrina Sholts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/09\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.06h x 6.14w x 1.34d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780262048859\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSabrina Sholts is the curator of biological anthropology at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, where she developed the major exhibit \u003ci\u003eOutbreak: Epidemics in a Connected World\u003c\/i\u003e. She has also served as a scientific commissioner for a related exhibition at the Mus馥 des Confluences in Lyon, France.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sabrina Sholts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45631229788388,"sku":"9780262048859","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9780262048859.jpg?v=1726305158","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/the-human-disease-how-we-create-pandemics-from-our-bodies-to-our-beliefs-sabrina-sholts-hardcover","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}