The Collectors of Lost Souls Turning Kuru Scientists into Whitemen |
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| Author:
| Anderson, Warwick |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4214-3361-5 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2019 |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press
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| Book Format: | Digital download |
| List Price: | USD $37.00 |
Book Description:
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This astonishing story links first-contact encounters in New Guinea with laboratory experiments in Bethesda, Maryland; sorcery with science; cannibalism with compassion; and slow viruses with infectious proteins, reshaping our understanding of what it means to do science.
This astonishing story links first-contact encounters in New Guinea with laboratory experiments in Bethesda, Maryland; sorcery with science; cannibalism with compassion; and slow viruses with infectious proteins, reshaping our understanding of what it means to do science.