圖書標籤: 科普 virology 英文原版 科學 病毒 生物學 普及讀物 醫學
发表于2025-02-09
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.
•很好的科普讀本 有一點初高中生物知識就可以看懂 •語言平實 敘述生動 每一章篇幅不長 有點像讀公眾號文章???? 甚至還有各種神轉摺???? •跟著作者瞭解瞭病毒與人類、動物相愛相殺的關係 看完有種過癮的感覺——這種感覺來自對自然界中基因復製交換這個偉大過程的敬畏 也來自病毒對我們呼吸的空氣、與胎生動物的潛在關聯給我帶來的驚訝 總結作者的觀點就是病毒有害也有益 •奇怪的知識大幅增加瞭
評分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
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A Planet of Viruses pdf epub mobi txt 電子書 下載 2025