{"product_id":"until-proven-safe-the-history-and-future-of-quarantine-from-the-black-death-to-the-space-age-paperback","title":"Until Proven Safe: The History and Future of Quarantine, from the Black Death to the Space Age - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNicola Twilley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGeoff Manaugh\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeoff Manaugh and Nicola Twilley have been researching quarantine since long before the COVID-19 pandemic. With \u003ci\u003eUntil Proven Safe\u003c\/i\u003e, they bring us a book as compelling as it is definitive, not only urgent reading for social-distanced times but also an up-to-the-minute investigation of the interplay of forces---biological, political, technological--that shape our modern world.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eQuarantine is our most powerful response to uncertainty: it means waiting to see if something hidden inside us will be revealed. It is also one of our most dangerous, operating through an assumption of guilt. In quarantine, we are considered infectious until proven safe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eUntil Proven Safe \u003c\/i\u003etracks the history and future of quarantine around the globe, chasing the story of emergency isolation through time and space--from the crumbling lazarettos of the Mediterranean, built to contain the Black Death, to an experimental Ebola unit in London, and from the hallways of the CDC to closed-door simulations where pharmaceutical execs and epidemiologists prepare for the outbreak of a novel coronavirus. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut the story of quarantine ranges far beyond the history of medical isolation. In \u003ci\u003eUntil Proven Safe\u003c\/i\u003e, the authors tour a nuclear-waste isolation facility beneath the New Mexican desert, see plants stricken with a disease that threatens the world's wheat supply, and meet NASA's Planetary Protection Officer, tasked with saving Earth from extraterrestrial infections. They also introduce us to the corporate tech giants hoping to revolutionize quarantine through surveillance and algorithmic prediction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe live in a disorienting historical moment that can feel both unprecedented and inevitable; \u003ci\u003eUntil Proven Safe\u003c\/i\u003e helps us make sense of our new reality through a thrillingly reported, thought-provoking exploration of the meaning of freedom, governance, and mutual responsibility.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGEOFF MANAUGH\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestseller \u003ci\u003eA Burglar's Guide to the City\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the architecture and technology website BLDGBLOG. He regularly writes for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic, The New Yorker, Wired\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other publications. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNICOLA TWILLEY\u003c\/b\u003e is co-host of the award-winning podcast \u003ci\u003eGastropod\u003c\/i\u003e, which looks at food through the lens of history and science, and an award-winning contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThey live in Los Angeles.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 19, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759503966496,"sku":"9781250849366","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1e59d25ac49c18f19e9d1e19317f531d.webp?v=1780154717","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/until-proven-safe-the-history-and-future-of-quarantine-from-the-black-death-to-the-space-age-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}