“…Microorganisms have been used as weapons in criminal acts, most recently highlighted by the terrorist attack using anthrax in the fall of 2001. …”

“…"A crucial new big-picture framework that answers the question of how liberty flourishes in some states but falls to authoritarianism or anarchy in others--and explains how it can continue to thrive despite new threats"-- The most fundamental definition of liberty is that people are free from violence, intimidation, and other demeaning acts. Acemoglu and Robinson examine how and why human societies have achieved liberty-- or failed to achieve it. …”

“…"Este libro recoge las muestras de afecto y consideración de amigos, compañeros de profesión, becarios de investigación y estudiantes de la Unitat Docent de Sant Pau de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, en la ocasión del septuagésimo aniversario del Profesor Antoni Bayés de Luna, que se celebró el día 15 de diciembre de 2006 en la Sala d'Actes del Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau." --…”

“…To address these seldom-documented phenomena, this volume includes chapters based on extensive primary and archival research to explore why, how, and by whom these acts have been committed through recent history…”

“…With each permutation, the quotation grows longer and its meaning is distorted, causing the question to question its own existence by acting as a faulty self-replicator, a nonsensical self-affirmation that destroys itself in the process of becoming. …”