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UNINA9910886378003321 |
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Autore |
Frøland Stig S. |
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Duel Without End : Mankind's Battle with Microbes / / Stig S. Frøland ; translated by John Irons |
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London : , : Reaktion Books, Limited, , [2022] |
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©2022 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (633 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Epidemics - History |
Communicable diseases - History |
Microbiology - History |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Prologue: the invisible enemy -- The duellists -- The third factor: ecology and the environment -- A bird's-eye view of the history of human infection -- Major epidemics and pandemics: examples from history -- Mysterious epidemics in history -- The contribution made by epidemics to the fall of empires -- New infections, new challenges -- When microbes are used as weapons -- Homo sapiens strikes back -- New challenges from the microbes -- and possible countermeasures -- Epilogue: the never-ending duel. |
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"From the bubonic plague to theoretical pathogens on other worlds, a sweeping look at the past, present, and future of mass infections-and how we battle them. In this panoramic and up-to-date account, we learn how the Black Death, smallpox, the 1918 influenza pandemic, and other great epidemics have not only led to enormous suffering and mass death but have also contributed to the fall of empires and changed the course of history. We also discover how new infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS and COVID-19 emerge-and how we wage war against them. Humanity has struck back at the microbes: antibiotics and new vaccines have saved millions of lives. But the battle with these relentless, silent enemies is far from won. We face increasing threats from new and unavoidable pandemics, antibiotic resistance, and |
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even potential extraterrestrial microbes. Duel Without End is a fascinating journey through the long history of infection, from the dawn of life to humanity's future exploration of deep space"-- |
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UNINA9910974021903321 |
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Autore |
Asprem Egil |
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Arguing with angels : Enochian magic and modern occulture / / Egil Asprem |
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Albany, : SUNY Press, c2012 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (234 p.) |
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SUNY series in Western esoteric traditions |
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Enochian magic - History |
Occultism - History |
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Monografia |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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pt. 1. Historical perspectives -- pt. 2. Major trends in Enochian magic. |
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This fascinating work explores John Dee's Enochian magic and the history of its reception. Dee (1527–1608/9), an accomplished natural philosopher and member of Queen Elizabeth I's court, was also an esoteric researcher whose diaries detail years of conversations with angels achieved with the aid of crystal-gazer Edward Kelley. His Enochian magic offers a method for contacting angels and demons based on secrets found in the apocryphal Book of Enoch.Examining this magical system from its Renaissance origins to present day occultism, Egil Asprem shows how the reception of Dee's magic is replete with struggles to construct and negotiate authoritative interpretational frameworks for doing magic. Arguing with Angels offers a novel, nuanced approach to questions about how ritual magic has survived the advent of modernity and demonstrates the ways in which modern culture has recreated magical discourse. |
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