The Fourth Horseman: Short History of Epidemics, Plagues and Other Scourges - Hardcover

Andrew Nikiforuk

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1857020510 ISBN 13: 9781857020519

Publisher: Fourth Estate Ltd, 1992

Synopsis

The author shows how feeble mankind's attempts to subdue the "super organism" of bacterial life has been. He reviews the great levelers: malaria, leprosy, the Black Death, the plague, syphilis, small pox, tuberculosis, flu and Aids. The author puts forward the controversial view that conquering HIV does not necessarily mean the conquering of Aids and AZT is as dangerous and unsuccessful a "cure" as mercury was for syphilis in the 18th century.

About this title

About the Author:

My research interests centre around three areas of specialization:

1) Research theory and methodologies: Visual and Multimodal research and and Video-based research
2) Technology mediated teaching and learning: notably its affect on classroom practices, and subject knowledge
3) Multimodal school based research: with a focus on urban schooling, identities, policy and curriculum

Recent research project areas include: the development of multimodal methods for researching digital data and environments, the effects of government technology initiatives on learning in the secondary school and the home, and the changing practices of teaching and learning in the classroom.

About this edition

• Publisher: Fourth Estate Ltd
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 1857020510
• ISBN 13: 9781857020519
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 200