Air-Borne

An extraordinary history of the perils and promise of every breath we takeJames Nestor, bestselling author of Breath

Another brilliant work from one of the very best science writers, Air-Borne will leave you agog at the incredible world that floats unseen around usEd Yong, bestselling author of An Immense World

Carl Zimmer details the long history of studying microbes in the air and explains why that science got derailed. It’s a fascinating and also cautionary taleWalter Isaacson, bestselling author of The Code Breaker

With Zimmer’s usual superb writing, [Air-Borne] is a page-turner filled with fascinating science, visionary scientists who were often completely wrong, and poignant moments reflecting the vast human suffering caused by such microbes . . . deeply important and unsettlingRobert Sapolsky, New York Times bestselling author of Determined