Awards

• Runner-up for Choice Magazine Outstanding Reference/Academic Book Award 1991
• Runner-up for Choice Magazine Outstanding Reference/Academic Book Award 1991.
• Short-listed for Choice's Outstanding Academic Books 1991 (United States)
• Winner of George Sarton Medal of the History of Science Society 1991 (United States)

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Is AIDS a new disease or not? Yes and no, says Mirko Grmek in his subtle, intelligent book... [This] compact history is a refreshingly fair account by a first-class mind with no axes to grind. -- Erik Eckholm, The New York Times Book Review Grmek has succeeded in writing what may well be the best AIDS book to date. -- Laurie Garrett, The Los Angeles Times Book Review A masterpiece of historical analysis. -- Elizabeth M. Whelan, Washington Times An important and provocative book... Anyone concerned with the origins of the epidemic and the history of HIV will want to come to terms with [Grmek's] analysis. -- Elizabeth Fee, Science Even those who have devoured the literature on AIDS will find this a deeply stimulating book. -- The New York Times Book Review

Is AIDS a new disease or not? Yes and no, says Mirko Grmek in his subtle, intelligent book... [This] compact history is a refreshingly fair account by a first-class mind with no axes to grind. -- Erik Eckholm, The New York Times Book Review Grmek has succeeded in writing what may well be the best AIDS book to date. -- Laurie Garrett, The Los Angeles Times Book Review A masterpiece of historical analysis. -- Elizabeth M. Whelan, Washington Times An important and provocative book... Anyone concerned with the origins of the epidemic and the history of HIV will want to come to terms with [Grmek's] analysis. -- Elizabeth Fee, Science Even those who have devoured the literature on AIDS will find this a deeply stimulating book. -- The New York Times Book Review

Is AIDS a new disease or not? Yes and no, says Mirko Grmek in his subtle, intelligent book... [This] compact history is a refreshingly fair account by a first-class mind with no axes to grind. -- Erik Eckholm The New York Times Book Review Grmek has succeeded in writing what may well be the best AIDS book to date. -- Laurie Garrett The Los Angeles Times Book Review A masterpiece of historical analysis. -- Elizabeth M. Whelan Washington Times An important and provocative book... Anyone concerned with the origins of the epidemic and the history of HIV will want to come to terms with [Grmek's] analysis. -- Elizabeth Fee Science Even those who have devoured the literature on AIDS will find this a deeply stimulating book. The New York Times Book Review

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Mirko D. Grmek, M.D., Ph.D., was a physician in Yugoslavia and Professor of the History of Medicine at the University of Zagreb. Naturalized as a French citizen, he is living in Paris, where he is currently Director of Studies at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes at the Sorbonne.

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