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RECORD NUMBER: 16 OF 1905| Main Title | A planet of viruses / | ||||||||||||
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| Author | Zimmer, Carl, 1966-. | ||||||||||||
| Publisher | The University of Chicago Press, | ||||||||||||
| Year Published | 2011 | ||||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 747820746 | ||||||||||||
| ISBN | 9780226983356; 0226983358 | ||||||||||||
| Subjects | Microbiology--Virology | ||||||||||||
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| Collation | 109 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. | ||||||||||||
| Notes | Includes blbliographical references and index. |
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| Contents Notes | 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. |