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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Vaccination was a world-changing idea – but it wasn’t completely new.
Chapter 3: It took a great deal of effort to make milk safe.
Chapter 4: It required strict rules to make medicine safe and effective.
Chapter 5: The tale of penicillin is about teamwork – not a solitary genius.
Chapter 6: Making cars safer required a lot of ingenuity – and a great deal of pressure.
Chapter 7: Nitrates and industrial farming keep a crowded planet well fed.
Description
Extra Life (2021) looks at some of the breakthroughs that allowed the global human life expectancy to double in just one hundred years. From seat belts to explosives, from Ireland to Constantinople, it’s an account as gripping as it is wide-ranging.
Who Should Listen
- History buffs interested in lesser-known tales from times past
- Medical nerds fascinated by the history of human health
- Humanitarians who want to learn from past progress