Why, Robert S. Desowitz asks, has biotechnical research on malaria produced so little when it had promised so much? An expert in tropical diseases, Desowtiz searches for answers in this provocative book.

About the Author
Robert S. Desowitz (1926-2008) was a leading epidemiologist and the author of New Guinea Tape Worms and Jewish Grandmothers and The Malaria Capers, among other books.

Reviews
"Just as it was not necessary to be an astrophysicist to feel the grandeur and scope of Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time it is not necessary to be a parasitologist or specialist in tropical medicine to relate to the drama, tragedy, and even romance of Desowitz's fascinating and provocative story...Interesting and important." -- New England Journal of Medicine
"A gripping account of how a one-celled protozoan has triumphed over modern science." -- Wall Street Journal
"Like a novelist, [Desowitz] draws the reader into the human tragedy of disease...Rich in historical-medical detective stories." -- Betty Ann Kevles - Los Angeles Times
"Like such eminent science writers as Stephen Jay Gould and Lewis Thomas, Mr. Desowitz manages to make the basic principles of his subject immediately comprehensible to the general reader. He has also succeeded in giving us a profound appreciation of the ways in which scientific and medical knowledge advances, through hypothesis, error and experiment, through serendipity, dedication, and perseverance." -- Michiko Kakutani - New York Times



Book Information
ISBN 9780393310085
Author Robert S. Desowitz
Format Paperback
Page Count 290
Imprint WW Norton & Co
Publisher WW Norton & Co
Weight(grams) 373g
Dimensions(mm) 208mm * 140mm * 20mm