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Indlæser... A Planet of Viruses (original 2011; udgave 2012)af Carl Zimmer (Forfatter)
Værk informationA Planet of Viruses af Carl Zimmer (2011)
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. a nice little primer on the subject. Sorely in need of some proofreading ( ) Mr. Zimmer wrote a series of short essays on virology for the World of Viruses Project. This book is based on those and is a largely historically based survey of interesting and important viruses. Zimmer is very good, as usual. The main problem is the book's brevity. A work about twice as long would permit the discussion of some important ideas, some technical information, and some other viruses that are missing here. If you want to know more about what happened to the world in the past year this is the book for you. In a short space it explains what viruses are and what we can do and have done in the past to defeat and live with them. Please give a copy of this to all your anti vax acquaintances it just might save there lives. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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"Viruses are the smallest living things known to science, and yet they hold the entire planet in their sway. We're most familiar with the viruses that give us colds or Covid-19. But viruses also cause a vast range of other diseases, including one disorder that makes people sprout branch-like growths as if they were trees. Viruses have been a part of our lives for so long that we are actually part virus: the human genome contains more DNA from viruses than our own genes. Meanwhile, scientists are discovering viruses everywhere they look: in the soil, in the ocean, even in deep caves miles underground. A Planet of Viruses pulls back the veil on this hidden world. It 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 continue to control our fate for years to come"-- Ingen biblioteksbeskrivelser fundet. |
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