BOOK REVIEW: The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator

In Timothy Winegard’s telling, the mosquito is the world's deadliest predator, one that has killed more people than any other cause of death in human history by far and the “ultimate agent of historical change." No bigger than the size and weight of a grape seed, it is the mosquito that, much more than any other factor, has brought down governments, imp…