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Parasite Rex: Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's Most Dangerous Creatures Paperback - 2001
by Carl Zimmer
Zimmer takes readers on a tour of the strange and bizarre world of parasites, including their ability to rewrite DNA, rewire the brain, and genetically engineer viruses as weapons. 16-page photo insert.
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In this re-issued paperback edition with a new epilogue, Carl Zimmer reveals the power, danger, and beauty of parasites in a book capable of changing how we see the world ( Los Angeles Times ).
For centuries, parasites have lived in nightmares, horror stories, and the darkest shadows of science. In Parasite Rex, Carl Zimmer takes readers on a fantastic voyage into the secret universe of these extraordinary life-formswhich are not only among the most highly evolved on Earth, but make up the majority of lifes diversity. Traveling from the steamy jungles of Costa Rica to the parasite-riddled war zone of southern Sudan, Zimmer introduces an array of amazing creatures that invade their hosts, prey on them from within, and control their behavior. His vivid descriptions bring to life parasites that can change DNA, rewire the brain, make men more distrustful and women more outgoing, and turn hosts into the living dead.
This comprehensive, gracefully written book brings parasites out into the open and uncovers what they can teach us all about the most fundamental survival tactics in the universethe laws of Parasite Rex.
For centuries, parasites have lived in nightmares, horror stories, and the darkest shadows of science. In Parasite Rex, Carl Zimmer takes readers on a fantastic voyage into the secret universe of these extraordinary life-formswhich are not only among the most highly evolved on Earth, but make up the majority of lifes diversity. Traveling from the steamy jungles of Costa Rica to the parasite-riddled war zone of southern Sudan, Zimmer introduces an array of amazing creatures that invade their hosts, prey on them from within, and control their behavior. His vivid descriptions bring to life parasites that can change DNA, rewire the brain, make men more distrustful and women more outgoing, and turn hosts into the living dead.
This comprehensive, gracefully written book brings parasites out into the open and uncovers what they can teach us all about the most fundamental survival tactics in the universethe laws of Parasite Rex.
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- Title Parasite Rex: Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's Most Dangerous Creatures
- Author Carl Zimmer
- Binding Paperback
- Edition New edition
- Pages 320
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Atria Books, New York
- Date 2001-11-09
- Features Glossary, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780743200110 / 074320011X
- Weight 0.69 lbs (0.31 kg)
- Dimensions 8.4 x 5.84 x 0.8 in (21.34 x 14.83 x 2.03 cm)
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- Topical: Ecology
- Library of Congress subjects Parasites
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 00037593
- Dewey Decimal Code 591.785
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