Richard Preston, author of The Hot Zone, a national bestseller about the deadly Ebola virus, will speak Tuesday, Jan. 30, at 8 p.m. in the Reamer Campus Center Auditorium.
Preston's chilling account makes the deadly virus seem like something out of science fiction. But it is not. In describing his subject, Preston will detail the hair-raising and heroic efforts of an elite team of scientists and soldiers who struggle to contain an
outbreak of Ebola, which kills its victims in a matter of days. From the Biosafety Level 4 military lab where scientists work in space suits to a remote jungle cave filled with
deadly and unknown organisms, Preston tells the breathtaking story which inspired the film Outbreak.
His talk is co-sponsored by the Speakers Forum and the Minerva Committee.