Binding: Paperback
Description: 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 DN a 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.
Title: Parasite Rex (With A New Epilogue): Inside The Bizarre World Of Nature'smost Dangerous Creatures
Author(s): Zimmer
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
Barcode: 9780743200110
Pages: 320 Pages, Illustrations
Publication Date: 11/9/2001
Category: Zoology & Animal Sciences