Invisible Empire : The Natural History of Viruses
by
Pranay Lal
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0670095761
ISBN-13
9780670095766
Publisher
Penguin Random House India
Imprint
Penguin Viking
Country of Manufacture
IN
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 29th, 2021
Print length
278 Pages
Weight
634 grams
Dimensions
24.00 x 16.10 x 2.40 cms
Product Classification:
PsycholinguisticsSociety & culture: generalHistory of science
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It brings together science, history and great storytelling to paint a fascinating picture of viruses as a major actor, not just in human civilisation but also in the human body.
Viruses are the world''s most abundant life form, and now, when humanity is in the midst of a close encounter with their immense power, perhaps the most feared. But do we understand viruses? Possibly the most enigmatic of living things, they are sometimes not considered a life form at all. Everything about them is extreme, including the reactions they evoke. However, for every truism about viruses, the opposite is also often true. So complex and diverse is the world of viruses that it merits being labelled an empire unto itself. And whether we see them as alive or dead, as life-threatening or life-affirming, there is an ineluctable beauty, even a certain elegance, in the way viruses go about their lives-or so Pranay Lal tells us in Invisible Empire: The Natural History of Viruses.This is a book that defies categorisation.
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