This book combines the professional knowledge of Professor Zhang Wenhong with the unique visual and contextualized science popularization method in comics to introduce the nine major plagues that have changed the human history and the world pattern from a brand-new perspective. This book adopts interesting images and popular text instead of boring historical narratives to explore the historical upheaval brought by germs. In addition, the book also presents an interdisciplinary mode of thinking, helping you expand your world outlook from the small point of plague and explore how plagues have affected human politics, economy, religion, art and technology!

Chen Lei (Brother Hunzi), pioneer of science popularization by comic, has founded the WeChat official accounts “Hunzhi”, “Hunzhi Health”, “Hunzhi Finance” and “Hunzhi Education”, which have more than 10 million followers on the Internet. Zhang Wenhong, distinguished professor of the “Chang Jiang Scholars Program”, director of the Department of Infectious Diseases, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, and professor and doctoral supervisor of Fudan University.