Carl Zimmer

(Author)

Parasite Rex: Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's Most Dangerous CreaturesPaperback, 9 November 2001

Parasite Rex: Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's Most Dangerous Creatures
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Print Length
320 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Atria Books
Date Published
9 Nov 2001
ISBN-10
074320011X
ISBN-13
9780743200110

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Combining the literary sensibility of David Quammen with the scientific rigor of Stephen Jay Gould, Carl Zimmer reveals the power, danger, and beauty of the surprising creatures who dominate the earth: parasites.

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-forms--which are not only among the most highly evolved on Earth, but make up the majority of life's 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. He also vividly describes 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 universe--the laws of Parasite Rex.

Product Details

Author:
Carl Zimmer
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
9 November 2001
Dimensions:
21.34 x 14.83 x 2.03 cm
Genre:
Ecology
ISBN-10:
074320011X
ISBN-13:
9780743200110
Language:
English
Location:
New York, NY
Pages:
320
Publisher:
Weight:
312.98 gm

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