Richard Preston: Panic in Level 4

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Richard Preston: Panic in Level 4

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Author Richard Preston is known for his New Yorker profiles of science and scientists, and for best-selling science books including The Hot Zone, The Demon in the Freezer, and The Wild Trees. He's also the only person who isn't a medical doctor ever to receive the Centers for Disease Control's Champion of Prevention Award for public health. In this segment, Ira talks with Richard Preston about his craft, and about the stories and people he has covered over the years.

Produced by Karin Vergoth

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Richard Preston
Contributor to The New Yorker

Author, "Panic
in Level 4: Cannibals, Killer Viruses, and Other Journeys to the Edge of Science"
(Random House, 2008), "The
Demon in the Freezer: A True Story" (2002), "The
Hot Zone"

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