Behind the Mic: On The Rules of Contagion by Adam Kucharski, Read by Joe Jameson
Learn the Science of R Factors, Herd Immunity, and Yawns
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The Rules of Contagion is a book steeped in math and epidemiology that addresses the basis for how a variety of contagion models—memes, malaria, financial crises—can document why things spread, and one day stop. While this isn’t a book addressing our current COVID-19 crisis, it does provide background information on concepts that will give you a stronger background in understanding what it means for something to go viral. British Narrator Joe Jameson delivers a narration that is immensely appealing to the ear and blends well with the author’s gift for narrative writing. It is a highly textured audiobook full of details, yet digestible.
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