Neil:

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It's scary in the way that The Hot Zone was: rusts and molds could easily destroy civilisation.

James Brown: Not only does The Triumph focus on eye-catching but unrepresentative diseases, but much of it is written in a flippant manner which does not help to explain some unfamiliar and occasionally obscure science. (...)

http://www.the-ba.net/the-ba/CurrentIssues/ReportsandPublications/ScienceAnd... <http://www.the-ba.net/the-ba/CurrentIssues/ReportsandPublications/ScienceAndPublicAffairs/SPAArchive/SPAJune07/ReviewJune07.htm> I'll order this bookasap to make my opinion! Best, (thanks for having pointed that book, Neil) E.