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发表于2025-03-13
A Planet of Viruses pdf epub mobi txt 電子書 下載 2025
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.
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.
As I write in 2015, scientist are looking at the next potential pandemics. It may take only a few mutations for a strain of bird flu to envolve into a new strain of human influenza virus. Reassortment could accelerate the change. No one can say when or if any particular strain will make the jump.
評分What If提到的。寫作比較平淡,各種病毒的小史。
評分這本書真的太有趣瞭,書名是病毒星球,但是更像是簡述人類研究病毒的曆史,最讓我稱奇的是,我們的DNA裏麵竟然有這麼多病毒的貢獻,就連胎盤,我們作為哺乳動物的特徵之一,竟然也是因為某種病毒偶然進入我們祖先體內纔進化齣來的?!太有趣瞭。裏麵免不瞭會提到HIV, Ebola, SARS, MERS, 病毒從彆的物種跨越到人類很多次瞭,但看瞭這些舊病毒的進化優劣分析,還是會覺得我們現在麵對的,可謂是真的怪物新病毒。
評分講病毒很好的科普小冊子,看來沒有病毒也不會有人類
評分講病毒很好的科普小冊子,看來沒有病毒也不會有人類
#读书.02月.04.019#2020年2月10日,读完了《病毒星球》。这时候看很应景,也是我这段时间看的最过瘾的书了。既长知识,又很有趣。真的,我们恐惧,是因为我们不了解,我们大胆,是因为我们无知。我们只有去探索,去了解,才会不害怕。看着看着,突然想,如果人生可以重来,我真...
評分#读书.02月.04.019#2020年2月10日,读完了《病毒星球》。这时候看很应景,也是我这段时间看的最过瘾的书了。既长知识,又很有趣。真的,我们恐惧,是因为我们不了解,我们大胆,是因为我们无知。我们只有去探索,去了解,才会不害怕。看着看着,突然想,如果人生可以重来,我真...
評分这段时间,继续看完病毒系列。书过了一遍后,觉得其中三个章节里,能总结出一些有趣的结论,特分享: The Uncommon Cold 章节: 1. 感冒病毒也称为“鼻腔病毒”,其结构非常简单,只有大概10个基因。让人感到头晕、发烧不是病毒引起的,而是人体的免疫系统引起的。 2. 感冒病毒...
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