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Cargando... Virus : an illustrated guide to 100 incredible microbes (edición 2016)por Marilyn Roossinck
Información de la obraVirus: An Illustrated Guide to 101 Incredible Microbes por Marilyn J. Roossinck
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. My seven-year-old asked me to check out this book for him at the library. Mostly I thought we'd end up looking at the pictures together, but then I got sucked into reading it. For someone with a degree in environmental microbiology, there was such a lot here that I didn't know! I ended up taking this book with us on a road trip, and at some point Solomon asked to look at it, then ended up reading to us from the backseat. It was amazing how well he did with the pronunciations, and how interested he was in it. A lovely book, the pictures are not the half of it! I learned so much. About viruses, evolution, molecular biology... Highly recommended. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
"This stunningly illustrated book provides a rare window into the amazing, varied, and often beautiful world of viruses. Contrary to popular belief, not all viruses are bad for you. In fact, several are beneficial to their hosts, and many are crucial to the health of our planet. Virus offers an unprecedented look at 101 incredible microbes that infect all branches of life on Earth-- from humans and other animals to insects, plants, fungi, and bacteria."--Dust jacket. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Google Books — Cargando... GénerosSistema Decimal Melvil (DDC)579.2Natural sciences and mathematics Life Sciences, Biology Microorganisms, fungi and algae Viruses and subviral organismsClasificación de la Biblioteca del CongresoValoraciónPromedio:
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All of this data is at the top of the page with a Mercator Projection of the Earth that shows where the virus is located visually. The main portion of the page is taken up describing the virus in more detail. This particular section talks about the history of Ebola, from when it was first documented in the 1970s to the recent outbreak in 2013-15. This section also talks a bit about the Marburg virus but mentions it only in passing. The final third of the page shows a cross-section of the virus and displays the external view of the virus.
So this book is really packed with information. Further on, the viruses that don't affect humans or the plants they grow lack a vaccine. This makes sense since I won't really lose any sleep over the Cricket Paralysis virus or the Barley Yellow Dwarf virus.
This particular book was obtained from the Library, though I don't think I would mind owning a copy of this since it was so interesting. ( )