A planet of viruses /
This book explores the hidden world of viruses -a world that each of us inhabits. Here Carl Zimmer, popular science writer and author of Discover magazine's award-winning blog The Loom, presents the latest research on how viruses hold sway over our lives and our biosphere, how viruses helped gi...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago ; London :
University of Chicago Press,
[2011]
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| Summary: | This book explores the hidden world of viruses -a world that each of us inhabits. Here Carl Zimmer, popular science writer and author of Discover magazine's award-winning blog The Loom, presents the latest research on how viruses hold sway over our lives and our biosphere, how viruses helped give rise to the first life-forms, how viruses are producing new diseases, how we can harness viruses for our own ends, and how viruses will ocntinue to control our fate for years to come. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 109 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 97-101) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226983356 (cloth : alk. paper) 0226983358 (cloth : alk. paper) |