具体描述
The past year has been one of viral panic – panic about viruses, that is. Through headlines, public health warnings, and at least one homemade hazmat suit, we were reminded of the powerful force of viruses. They are the smallest living things known to science, yet they can hold the entire planet in their sway.
A Planet of Viruses is Carl Zimmer's eye-opening look at the hidden world of viruses. Zimmer, the popular science writer and author of National Geographic's award-winning blog The Loom, has updated this edition to include the stories of new outbreaks, such as Ebola, MERS, and chikungunya virus; new scientific discoveries, such as a hundred-million-year-old virus that infected the common ancestor of armadillos, elephants, and humans; and new findings that show why climate change may lead to even deadlier outbreaks. Zimmer's lucid explanations and fascinating stories demonstrate how deeply humans and viruses are intertwined. Viruses helped give rise to the first life-forms, are responsible for many of our most devastating diseases, and will continue to control our fate for centuries. Thoroughly readable, and as reassuring as it is frightening, A Planet of Viruses is a fascinating tour of a formidable hidden world.
作者简介
Carl Zimmer is a columnist for the New York Times, writes for National Geographic and other magazines, and is the author of thirteen books, including Parasite Rex, Soul Made Flesh, and Microcosm. He is also a lecturer at Yale University, where he teaches writing about science and the environment.
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据理查德·普雷斯顿的《血疫》一书改编的同名美剧正在热映，埃博拉病毒的威力，让人闻之色变。可是普雷斯顿推荐的《病毒星球》一书却让人爱不释手，黑色的封面上绘制着五彩缤纷的病毒，看上去萌萌的，不知情的还以为是天马行空的宇宙星辰呢。同是讲病毒，科普作家卡尔·齐默简...
评分 评分“人鼻病毒可以训练我们的免疫系统,这样未来遇到一些小刺激时,免疫系统就不会过度反应,而可以养精蓄锐,去攻击那些真正的敌人。或许我们不该把感冒看成我们的老对手,而是一个常伴左右的明师。” 01 — 深入浅出的、有趣的科普。英文版2011年第一版，2015年第二版。书比较薄，正...
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•很好的科普读本 有一点初高中生物知识就可以看懂 •语言平实 叙述生动 每一章篇幅不长 有点像读公众号文章???? 甚至还有各种神转折???? •跟着作者了解了病毒与人类、动物相爱相杀的关系 看完有种过瘾的感觉——这种感觉来自对自然界中基因复制交换这个伟大过程的敬畏 也来自病毒对我们呼吸的空气、与胎生动物的潜在关联给我带来的惊讶 总结作者的观点就是病毒有害也有益 •奇怪的知识大幅增加了
评分之前买了中文版的，这次趁着疫情找到了英文版的回头再温习。看完之后整个人平静了很多，我们每个人都只是这个时代洪流中的一个小分子，看了人类和病毒漫长的交战历史，人类大部分是输了的，some perhaps pure luck， 所以该怎么过还是怎么过吧，做好自己的部分就好了。 Don't panic, just grab your towel.
评分才一百多页的病毒星球在豆瓣阅读上竟然卖到三十多块，被逼着只能看原版了；介绍了烟草花叶病毒、人鼻病毒HRV，流感病毒，人乳头瘤病毒HPV，噬菌体，内源性逆转录病毒ERV，HIV，西尼罗河病毒，埃博拉病毒，SARS病毒，MERS病毒，天花病毒，巨型病毒（其中两个名字让人印象深刻: mamavirus和mimivirus）
评分关于病毒的一百来页科普短篇，行文通俗易懂，当下阅读额外应景。
评分之前买了中文版的，这次趁着疫情找到了英文版的回头再温习。看完之后整个人平静了很多，我们每个人都只是这个时代洪流中的一个小分子，看了人类和病毒漫长的交战历史，人类大部分是输了的，some perhaps pure luck， 所以该怎么过还是怎么过吧，做好自己的部分就好了。 Don't panic, just grab your towel.
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