About this title: Based on nine years of full-time research by science journalist, Edward Hopper, this text presents an investigation into the origins of AIDS.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Date Published: 2000-12-01
ISBN-13:9780316371377ISBN:0316371378
Description: Good. Ships with US tracking number. No writing/marking noted, a couple of creases to cover corners and to a few page corners, some reading curve to spine. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Date Published: 2000-12-01
ISBN-13:9780316371377ISBN:0316371378
Description: Good. 2000 Back Bay paperback as shown: text appears clean, lightly agetoned pages, reading crease to spine, pages/binding secure, some moderate wear visible to cover/edges. Solid used copy. s17. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Back Bay Books/ Little Brown, Boston
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780316371377ISBN:0316371378
Description: First edition, first printing of this enlarged version. Paper binding. xxxiv, 1118 pages. 9 x 5.8 in. 2.7 lbs. Near Fine clean copy with slightest cover edgewear (no tears or chips) and some rippling at bottom of final 100 pages (index and some of the notes). Contains a new 50 page Postscript that ?details certain important developments that have occurred since the first draft of the book was completed--including the response to the initial publication of The River.....? read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little Brown & Co, Boston, Massachusetts
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780316372619ISBN:0316372617
Description: 0316372617. Thick and heavy octovo hardcover, tight, straight and square spine/binding, pages very white, bright and fresh, the cover has no discernable wear, else FINE in FINE, pictorial, dustjacket, now in clear mylar jacket protector. Solid, fine and internally unblemished. 1070pp; a few photos, full-page maps, one is frontis. "Truth suffers" when investigating this epidemic but (the author) "...has in fact given us the best history of the epidemic...Truth, more white and sick than with AIDS ... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Liitle, Brown & Co., Boston
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780316372619ISBN:0316372617
Description: Very Good + in Very Good+ jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. A very good+ copy of the first edition. In a Very Good+ jacket. Increasingly scarce. Extra postage for overseas airmail due to weight. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Date Published: 1999-09
ISBN-13:9780316372619ISBN:0316372617
Description: Very Good. 1999 Little, Brown Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Crisp, clean copy. Mylar protected jacket shows mild shelf wear with rubbing to edges. Very Good/Very Good- read more
Description: Fine; Collectible. Collectible stated 1st Edition (1999 HC), 1st printing with 10 full numberline. Excellent condition. Appears unread. No writings/underlines/highlights. Pages are nice and clean. Minor shelwear. Free deliver confirmation! Satisfaction guaranteed! read more
Description: New. **** STATED FIRST EDITION *** Brand New-Rare and Out-of-Print-Dust jacket preserved and protected with Brodart non-adhesive clear jacket cover. read more
Description: Satisfaction Guaranteed. Shipped quickly. Hardcover. 1 Ed. Used, very good. Very good overall with light to moderate wear. No dust jacket. read more
Edition: New Edition
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books, London
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780140283778ISBN:0140283773
Description: Very Good. 0140283773. Light rubbing to the edges of the covers, minor sunning to the page edges. The contents are unamarked throughout, a very good copy. Based on nine years of full-time research by science journalist Edward Hooper, this book presents a comprehensive investigation into the origins of AIDS. Illustrated, 1106pp. read more
Edition: 1st Paperback Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Back Bay Books / Little Brown & Co, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780316372619ISBN:0316372617
Description: Near Fine. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" 1118 pages, 8 parts, 58 chapters, 2 appendices, extensive notes section, glossay, index could be used as very good references for medical workers, biologists, teachers of schools, lecturers, glossary, index. Author have analyzed over 4000 scientific texts, interviewed over 600 specialists in the field related science of medicine and biology. Spesial attention is paid to the hypothesis of AIDS virus transfer into human population during America and European medical ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780140283778ISBN:0140283773
Description: Good. All orders are dispatched from our UK warehouse within one working day. Established in 2004. No quibble refund if not completely satisfied. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little Brown & Co
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780316372619ISBN:0316372617
Description: Very Good+ in Near Fine jacket. Sound copy. A few light, scattered margin marks in pencil. Owner's name on front endpaper. Jacket is solid and attractive, 1070pp. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Date Published: 1999-09
ISBN-13:9780316372619ISBN:0316372617
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. Hardcover with dust jacket. Stated First Edition. 1st printing (complete number line). No markings. Ships in a box. Ships from NYC. read more
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. : Little Brown & Co
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780316372619ISBN:0316372617
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. First edition, hardcover, fine condition. One small stray pen mark on the dust jacket, small chip at head of spine and jacket. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little Brown & Co., Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780316372619ISBN:0316372617
Description: Good in Good jacket. Small stain on bottom of book right on edge of pages. Does not encroach on pages themselves. Otherwise normal shelf wear. Pages are clean and tight. Overall in good condition. Satisfaction guaranteed. read more
"Incredibly well-researched. It provides a truly unique insight into the minds and egos of many of the AIDS researchers and polio researchers of the last century. Hooper interviews many of them. This is a big book, but a thorough history of the science behind what we know about HIV is bound to be bulky. It should be noted that the theory Hooper is investigating (linking the polio vaccine with the introduction of HIV in humans) has been all but discredited by the medical community. Still, this is a fascinating book on a subject that is typically too couched in medical jargon to really make sense to a normal person."
"Well, I never quite finished this book, as while I was reading it the theory was debunked by other scientists- they dated HIV's origin by sequencing the RNA from other SIV species, and HIV originated at least 20 years earlier than the first wave of the oral polio vaccine. That being said, I'm a fan of epidemiological studies on origins of infectious diseases, and the first half of the book was quite thorough and well-referenced (I think he was aware of the controversy this book would initiate)."
"One theory on how SIV made the transition to HIV. As we were entering WWII we knew we'd be launching a lot of troops from northern africa. We needed to vaccinate the Africans for polio. we needed to produce a lot of the vaccine in a short amout of time. Doing so in chicken eggs takes several months. So we took the antibodies from monkeys who had recovered from polio transfering the disease from monkeys to humans. No culture eats monkeys. No culture is know to have sex with monkeys. This theory gains more support year after year."
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