Parasites can: rewrite DNA; rewire the brain; genetically engineer viruses as weapons; and turn healthy hosts into the living dead. This book follows researchers as they penetrate the mysteries of these omnipotent creatures who control evolution, ecxosystems, and perhaps the future of mankind.
Parasites can: rewrite DNA; rewire the brain; genetically engineer viruses as weapons; and turn healthy hosts into the living dead. This book follows researchers as they penetrate the mysteries of these omnipotent creatures who control evolution, ecxosystems, and perhaps the future of mankind.
Carl Zimmer, author of At the Water's Edge, is a frequent contributor to Discover, National Geographic, Natural History, Nature, and Science. He is a winner of the Everett Clark Award for science journalism and the American Institute of Biological Sciences Media Award. A John S. Guggenheim Fellow, he has also received the Pan-American Health Organization Award for Excellence in International Health Reporting and the American Institute of Biological Sciences Media Award. His previous books include Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea, Parasite Rex, and At the Water's Edge. He lives in Guilford, Connecticut.
Inhaltsangabe
Contents Prologue: A Vein Is a River First sightings of the inner world 1. Nature's Criminals How parasites came to be hated by just about everyone 2. Terra Incognita Swimming through the heart, fighting to the death inside a caterpillar, and other parasitic adventures 3. The Thirty Years' War How parasites provoke, manipulate, and get intimate with our immune system 4. A Precise Horror How parasites turn their hosts into castrated slaves, drink blood, and manage to change the balance of nature 5. The Great Step Inward Four billion years in the reign of Parasite Rex 6. Evolution from Within The peacock's tail, the origin of species, and other battles against the rules of evolution 7. The Two-Legged Host How Homo sapiens grew up with creatures inside 8. How to Live in a Parasitic World A sick planet, and how the most newly arrived parasite can be part of a cure Glossary Notes Further Reading and Selected Bibliography Acknowledgments Index
Contents Prologue: A Vein Is a River First sightings of the inner world 1. Nature's Criminals How parasites came to be hated by just about everyone 2. Terra Incognita Swimming through the heart, fighting to the death inside a caterpillar, and other parasitic adventures 3. The Thirty Years' War How parasites provoke, manipulate, and get intimate with our immune system 4. A Precise Horror How parasites turn their hosts into castrated slaves, drink blood, and manage to change the balance of nature 5. The Great Step Inward Four billion years in the reign of Parasite Rex 6. Evolution from Within The peacock's tail, the origin of species, and other battles against the rules of evolution 7. The Two-Legged Host How Homo sapiens grew up with creatures inside 8. How to Live in a Parasitic World A sick planet, and how the most newly arrived parasite can be part of a cure Glossary Notes Further Reading and Selected Bibliography Acknowledgments Index
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