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.
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.
發表於2024-12-23
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書的第9章: 預測下一場瘟疫 Predicting the next Plague, 是關於SARS和埃博拉,中東呼吸熱。書中寫到:We can expct more viruses to sweep into our species, and they will probably come at an accelerating pace. Animals in remote parts of the world have harbored ex...
評分“人鼻病毒可以訓練我們的免疫係統,這樣未來遇到一些小刺激時,免疫係統就不會過度反應,而可以養精蓄銳,去攻擊那些真正的敵人。或許我們不該把感冒看成我們的老對手,而是一個常伴左右的明師。” 01 — 深入淺齣的、有趣的科普。英文版2011年第一版,2015年第二版。書比較薄,正...
評分一、病毒(Virus)名詞的起源: “病毒”這個詞是自相矛盾的,承自羅馬帝國,當時的意思是蛇的毒液或者人的精液。它原本就包含瞭兩麵性,一麵是能給予生命的物質,另一麵則代錶緻命的毒液。病毒在某種意義上的確是緻命的,但它們也賦予瞭這個世界必不可少的創造力。創造和毀滅...
評分這段時間,繼續看完病毒係列。書過瞭一遍後,覺得其中三個章節裏,能總結齣一些有趣的結論,特分享: The Uncommon Cold 章節: 1. 感冒病毒也稱為“鼻腔病毒”,其結構非常簡單,隻有大概10個基因。讓人感到頭暈、發燒不是病毒引起的,而是人體的免疫係統引起的。 2. 感冒病毒...
評分有意思的科普書,沒看這本書之前對於病毒的印象隻有來自高中生物書上的,病毒是DNA或RNA與蛋白質組成的非細胞生物,想到病毒就是緻病病毒,往往談病毒色變。所以看到作者在引言裏說:“‘病毒’這個詞也是自相矛盾。它承自羅馬帝國,當時的意思是蛇的毒液或者人的精液。這一個...
圖書標籤: 科普 virology 英文原版 科學 病毒 生物學 普及讀物 醫學
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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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。
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評分科普類文章,卻很有哲思。當下閱讀很應景。
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