Apollo's Arrow

- Reviews -

"Excellent and timely. "--The New Yorker "Gripping. An indelible portrait of a world transformed. "--Hamilton Cain, Star-Tribune "Provocative. . . Astutely shows how pandemics are as much about our societies, values, and leaders as they are about pathogens. "--Samuel V. Scarpino, Science "An instant history of an event that is by no means over. Exceptional. Magisterial. "--Niall Ferguson, Times Literary Supplement "A useful contribution to this initial wave of COVID books, sensible and comprehensive, intelligent and well sourced. "--David Quammen, New York Times Book Review "An excellent overview of the pandemic thus far, this work will be of interest to those seeking a full explanation of how we got where we are in terms of the virus and the direction we might be going. "--Library Journal "Authoritative. . . A welcome assessment of the reality of the epidemic that has changed our lives. "--Kirkus Reviews "Apollo' s Arrow shoots straight and true to explain the scientific and social aspects of the coronavirus pandemic. Christakis' s background in biology, medicine, epidemiology, and sociology is a powerful formula for understanding this complex subject. I' m tempted to say that the gods created Christakis to write this book at this time. It is wise, vivid, and engaging. "--William D. Nordhaus, author of The Climate Casino, and 2018 Nobel Laureate in Economics "In this brilliant and timely book, scientist, scholar, physician, and writer Nicholas Christakis shines the light of history on our dark moment, and illuminates it as no one else can. Insightful, informative, and urgently necessary, Apollo' s Arrow is this year' s must-must-read. "--Daniel Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness "Rich in psychological, sociological, and epidemiological insights, only Nicholas Christakis could write a book this comprehensive and profound and even optimistic during our national calamity. "--Amy Cuddy, author of Presence "Seldom have we been gifted with a study of pandemic disease marked by such scope, wit, and erudition. Still rarer is one that appears while the rest of us scramble to make sense of a rapidly evolving crisis, one shaped by the very social forces that Nicholas Christakis has studied for decades. Apollo' s Arrow is more than history' s first draft. It will live on as a journal of the plague years, certainly, and it inspires as it instructs. Definitive, engaging, and astonishing. A tour-de-force. "--Paul Farmer, Professor, Harvard Medical School, Founder, Partners in Health "The world is ravenous for deep and accurate information about the most important event in the 21st century. No one is deeper than Nicholas Christakis, who ticks every box of expertise: medical, epidemiological, social, psychological, economic, historical. This is the place to go to understand the phenomenon that has turned the world, and our lives, upside down. Apollo' s Arrow is gripping, enlightening, and vitally important. "--Steven Pinker, author of Enlightenment Now "To capture the COVID-19 pandemic requires unusually broad and deep scholarship, and an ability to integrate the too-often siloed domains of science, medicine, epidemiology, sociology, psychology, politics, and history, among other fields. In Apollo' s Arrow, Nicholas Christakis accomplishes this challenging task as few others could, with unusual clarity and an endless array of surprising insights; this book will no doubt become essential reading for a very wide audience. A tour-de-force. "--Jeffrey Flier, MD, Former Dean of Harvard Medical School "Wow, what a feat this is -- a fully developed book of extraordinary insight and superb narrative structure that was somehow written in the midst of a live-action recording of events. The journalist in me marvels. The failures Nicholas Christakis captures are so enormously discouraging, infuriating, and tragic. I can only imagine how long this book will be read for reasons beyond the obvious. I burned right through it and highly recommend it. "--Michael Koryta, author of If She Wakes

- Author Bio -

Nicholas A. Christakis is a physician and sociologist who explores the ancient origins and modern implications of human nature. He directs the Human Nature Lab at Yale University, where he is the Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Science, in the Departments of Sociology, Medicine, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Statistics and Data Science, and Biomedical Engineering. He is the Co-Director of the Yale Institute for Network Science, the co-author of Connected, and the author of Blueprint

- Full Details -

Status:	Active
ISBN-13:	9780316628204
Published:	28 Oct 2021
Published In:	United States
Imprint:	Little, Brown & Company
Publisher:	Little, Brown & Company
Format:	Paperback
Height:	210mm
Width:	140mm
Spine:	36mm
Weight:	420g
Pages:	416

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