Air-Borne
27 February 2025
Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
"An extraordinary history of the perils and promise of every breath we take" James Nestor, New York Times 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 us" Ed Yong, New York Times bestselling author of An Immense World
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27 February 2025
496 pages
9781035023493
Imprint: Picador
Reviews
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