Originally qualified as a doctor, Frank Ryan is now one of the pioneers of the role of viruses in evolution. He is emeritus consultant physician at the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, and Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, the Linnaean Society of London and the Royal Society of Medicine.He is the author of four general books, including a New York Times NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR (Tuberculosis: The Greatest Story Never Told).

Praise for Virusphere:‘A fascinating book that is well structured … absorbing … [and] makes an engrossing and fervent argument’ The Inquisitive BiologistPraise for Frank Ryan:'Extremely well written … Frank Ryan has the page-turning and spine-chilling ability of a good novelist'Sunday Telegraph'Ryan is very good at making technical matters comprehensible to the lay reader, but more impressive still is the away he conveys the intellectual excitement and elation of scientific discovery'Literary Review‘Dr Ryan writes well in a difficult technical field, weaving the technicalities of scientific history, medicine, molecular biology and evolution into the human narratives … Very readable and disturbing’New York Times…

Originally qualified as a doctor, Frank Ryan is now one of the pioneers of the role of viruses in evolution. He is emeritus consultant physician at the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, and Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, the Linnaean Society of London and the Royal Society of Medicine.He is the author of four general books, including a New York Times NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR (Tuberculosis: The Greatest Story Never Told).

Praise for Virusphere:‘A fascinating book that is well structured … absorbing … [and] makes an engrossing and fervent argument’ The Inquisitive BiologistPraise for Frank Ryan:'Extremely well written … Frank Ryan has the page-turning and spine-chilling ability of a good novelist'Sunday Telegraph'Ryan is very good at making technical matters comprehensible to the lay reader, but more impressive still is the away he conveys the intellectual excitement and elation of scientific discovery'Literary Review‘Dr Ryan writes well in a difficult technical field, weaving the technicalities of scientific history, medicine, molecular biology and evolution into the human narratives … Very readable and disturbing’New York Times…

Originally qualified as a doctor, Frank Ryan is now one of the pioneers of the role of viruses in evolution. He is emeritus consultant physician at the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, and Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, the Linnaean Society of London and the Royal Society of Medicine.He is the author of four general books, including a New York Times NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR (Tuberculosis: The Greatest Story Never Told).

Praise for Virusphere:‘A fascinating book that is well structured … absorbing … [and] makes an engrossing and fervent argument’ The Inquisitive BiologistPraise for Frank Ryan:'Extremely well written … Frank Ryan has the page-turning and spine-chilling ability of a good novelist'Sunday Telegraph'Ryan is very good at making technical matters comprehensible to the lay reader, but more impressive still is the away he conveys the intellectual excitement and elation of scientific discovery'Literary Review‘Dr Ryan writes well in a difficult technical field, weaving the technicalities of scientific history, medicine, molecular biology and evolution into the human narratives … Very readable and disturbing’New York Times…