Laura Spinney
British science writer and journalist, author of 'Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How It Changed the World' and other works on pandemics, evolution, and public health.
Books
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1. Proto
How Infectious Diseases Made Modern Life
Proto traces the origins and spread of Proto-Indo-European, a language born after the last ice age near the Black Sea, and how its speakers dispersed across Eurasia. Combining linguistic, archaeological and genetic evidence, the book follows migrations and cultural encounters that gave rise to today’s largest language family and considers what that deep history reveals about language and human movement.
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2. Pale Rider
The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How It Changed the World
A sweeping narrative of the 1918 influenza pandemic that blends vivid personal stories, medical detective work and global history to show how a virulent, fast-moving virus reshaped societies, politics and science; the book traces how the pandemic unfolded across continents, examines its staggering death toll and social consequences, explores debates over origins and responses, and argues that the catastrophe accelerated changes in public health, demography and culture that still influence the modern world.
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