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Mosquito: The Story of Man's Deadliest Foe
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Mosquito: The Story of Man's Deadliest Foe Paperback - 2002

by Michael D'Antonio; Andrew Spielman

In this lively and comprehensive portrait of the mosquito, its role in history, and its threat to mankind, Spielman and D'Antonio take a mosquito's-eye view of nature and man.


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Now in paperback--a fascinating work of popular science from a world-renowned expert on mosquitoes and a prize-winning reporter. In this lively and comprehensive portrait of the mosquito, its role in history, and its threat to mankind, Spielman and D'Antonio take a mosquito's-eye view of nature and man. They show us how mosquitoes breed, live, mate, and die, and introduce us to their enemies, both natural and man-made. The authors present tragic and often grotesque examples of how the mosquito has insinuated itself into human history, from the malaria that devastated invaders of ancient Rome to the current widespread West Nile fever panic. Filled with little-known facts and remarkable anecdotes that bring this tiny being into larger focus, Mosquito offers fascinating, alarming, and convincing evidence that the sooner we get to know this pesky insect, the better off we'll be.

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Consider the most common mosquito on earth, one that is likely resting in some dark corner of your very own home or, if you are reading in bed on a warm summer evening, about to issue its faint buzz-do you hear it right now?-in your ear.

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  • Title Mosquito: The Story of Man's Deadliest Foe
  • Author Michael D'Antonio; Andrew Spielman
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: First
  • Pages 248
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Hachette Books, NY
  • Date 2002-05-15
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780786886678 / 0786886676
  • Weight 0.7 lbs (0.32 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.47 x 5.57 x 0.6 in (21.51 x 14.15 x 1.52 cm)
  • Ages 17 to 18 years
  • Grade levels 12 - 13
  • Library of Congress subjects Mosquitoes, Mosquitoes as carriers of disease
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001016815
  • Dewey Decimal Code 595.772

About the author

Andrew Spielman, Sc.D., is one of the world's foremost authorities on mosquitoes and the infections that they transmit. He is Harvard University's senior investigator in tropical diesase. His several hundred scientific publications on the subject deal with malaria, encephalitis, filariasis, dengue, and various tick-borne pathogens. Professor Spielman is the current director of the Center for International Development's new effort to develop a global antimalarial strategy.

Michael D'Antonio shared the Pulitzer Prize in journalism as part of a Newsday reporting team. He has written five acclaimed non-fiction books, including Atomic Harvest and Tin Cup Dreams. He lives on Long Island.
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