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No Time To Lose: A Life In Pursuit Of Deadly Viruses (2012)

by Peter Piot(Favorite Author)

3.68 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

039306316X (ISBN13: 9780393063165)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

W. W. Norton & Company

review 1: I had the advantage of reading the reviews of this book before starting it which I think helped set my expectations and prepared me for the two main parts of the book. It's a well written and interesting book - although I have to agree that the constant "name dropping" is a bit annoying. My impression is that the author is just trying to give credit and recognition where he thinks it's due, and also show the connections that were formed, but it did mar my enjoyment a little.
review 2: This book started out very interesting, describing in detail the author's early work in Africa with Ebola in the 1970s. He continued to document his career, moving to his work with AIDS at the beginning of the epidemic. This part also was fascinating. However, his career then s... morewitched away from field research to bureaucrat at increasingly high levels, and I completely lost interest as the political infighting continued. I would have preferred more details about drug research developments. The first half of the book was worth reading. less

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