{"product_id":"book-f4nb","title":"A Shot to Save the World","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An inspiring and informative page-turner.\" –Walter Isaacson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLonglisted for the FT\/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe authoritative account of the race to produce the vaccines that are saving us all, from the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Solved the Market\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFew were ready when a mysterious respiratory illness emerged in Wuhan, China in January 2020. Politicians, government officials, business leaders, and public-health professionals were unprepared for the most devastating pandemic in a century. Many of the world’s biggest drug and vaccine makers were slow to react or couldn’t muster an effective response.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIt was up to a small group of unlikely and untested scientists and executives to save civilization. A French businessman dismissed by many as a fabulist. A Turkish immigrant with little virus experience. A quirky Midwesterner obsessed with insect cells. A Boston scientist employing questionable techniques. A British scientist despised by his peers. Far from the limelight, each had spent years developing innovative vaccine approaches. Their work was met with skepticism and scorn. By 2020, these individuals had little proof of progress. Yet they and their colleagues wanted to be the ones to stop the virus holding the world hostage. They scrambled to turn their life’s work into life-saving vaccines in a matter of months, each gunning to make the big breakthrough—and to beat each other for the glory that a vaccine guaranteed.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author and award-winning \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal \u003c\/i\u003einvestigative journalist lauded for his “bravura storytelling” (Gary Shteyngart) and “first-rate” reporting (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e), Zuckerman takes us inside the top-secret laboratories, corporate clashes, and high-stakes government negotiations that led to effective shots. Deeply reported and endlessly gripping, this is a dazzling, blow-by-blow chronicle of the most consequential scientific breakthrough of our time. It’s a story of courage, genius, and heroism. It’s also a tale of heated rivalries, unbridled ambitions, crippling insecurities, and unexpected drama. \u003ci\u003eA Shot to Save the World\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of how science saved the world.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49326174601520,"sku":"BDf4nb","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/350182-f4nb-Square.jpg?v=1733611890","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-f4nb","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}