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Francis Andrew was inspired to write Pathogens from the Cosmos after reading Diseases from Space (1979) in which the authors, Sir Fred Hoyle and Professor N. Chandra Wickramasinghe, presented compelling evidence that influenza and other so-called infectious diseases actually have their origin in outer space. They are then brought to the Earth by comets thus challenging the conventional wisdom that pathogens are spread from human to human. Pathogens from the Cosmos is a novel that mirrors the present day worries about the spread of the Swine Flu. The story takes place during the first third of the twenty-first century. The entire crew of a space station is killed by a mysterious virus. Scientists are baffled about the origin of the virus. One man, Professor William Brigmore, an astro-chemist working at Manchester University, uses all his powers of persuasion to convince the scientific and political establishments that the killer virus is an incident from space.
Francis A. Andrew
Francis Andrew is an English language instructor who has had a wide range of experience teaching in Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Oman. He has taught English over a wide spectrum of ages and abilities, from absolute beginners to PhD students; from children as young as five to adults in their 60's and even 70's. The author of this work is well aware of what is needed to motivate students and to instil in them a love of the English language. Francis Andrew was born in Aberdeen, Scotland and educated at the University of Aberdeen where he received an MA in History.
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