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Author
Publisher
Ediciones B
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Español
Description
"Un libro pionero que muestra cómo, durante miles de años, el mosquito ha sido la fuerza determinante de nuestro destino. La guerra contra el mosquito es la historia de nuestro mundo. A través de los tiempos, desde nuestra evolución como homínidos en África hasta el presente, hemos estado atrapados en una lucha a vida o muerte contra el mosquito. Pero en esa guerra por la supervivencia no tuvimos opción. Gracias a sus adaptaciones evolutivas,...
Author
Publisher
Dutton, An imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Why was gin and tonic the cocktail of choice for British colonists in India and Africa? What does Starbucks have to thank for its global domination? What has protected the lives of popes for millennia? Why did Scotland surrender its sovereignty to England? What was George Washington's secret weapon during the American Revolution? The answer to all these questions, and many more, is the mosquito. Across our planet since the dawn of humankind, this...
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