- Parasites, Host-Parasite Interactions, Evolution, Popular Works
A look inside the often hidden world of parasites turns the clock back to the beginning of life on Earth to answer key questions about these highly evolved and resilient life forms.
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Classical in form, earnest, contemporary and cool.
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- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
- cooloverwhelming
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- Carl Zimmer
- First published
- September 21, 2000
- Pages
- 298
- Publisher
- Arrow Books Ltd, Free Press, Simon & Schuster
- Editions
- 8
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780099457992
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“In the beginning there was fever.”
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