Viruses are the smallest living things known to science, and yet they hold the entire planet in their sway. We're most familiar with the viruses that give us colds or the flu, but viruses also cause a vast range of other diseases, including one disorder that makes people sprout branch-like growths as if they were trees. Viruses have been a part of our lives for so long, in fact...(展开全部)

Viruses are the smallest living things known to science, and yet they hold the entire planet in their sway. We're most familiar with the viruses that give us colds or the flu, but viruses also cause a vast range of other diseases, including one disorder that makes people sprout branch-like growths as if they were trees. Viruses have been a part of our lives for so long, in fact...(展开全部)

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 ...(展开全部)

Digital Contagions is the first book to offer a comprehensive and critical analysis of the culture and history of the computer virus phenomenon. The book maps the anomalies of network culture from the angles of security concerns, the biopolitics of digital systems, and the aspirations for artificial life in software. The genealogy of network culture is approached from the stand...(展开全部)

Viruses are disarmingly small and simple. None the less, the smallpox virus killed over 300 million people in the 20th century prior to its eradication in 1980. The AIDS virus, HIV, is now the single most common cause of death in Africa. In recent years, the outbreaks of several lethal viruses such as Ebola and hanta virus have caused great public concern. In her fascinating an...(展开全部)

Everything you'll ever need to know about viruses in one book Includes stories about epidemics such as HIV, swine flu, and SARS to 'good' viruses in the oceans Evaluates the evidence about cancer-causing viruses Looks at the development of the vaccine and the remarkable changes it brought Part of the Very Short Introductions series - more than three million copies sold worldwid...(展开全部)

Dorothy H. Crawford was professor of medical microbiology at the University of Edinburgh from 1997-2010 and assistant principal for public understanding of medicine from 2005-2011. She was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2001 and received an OBE for services to medicine and higher education in 2005. She is the author of...(展开全部)

皮埃尔·布尔（1912-1994），法国小说家，青年时期在马来亚经营香蕉种植园，二战爆发后，加入戴高乐领导的自由法国力量，在中国、缅甸等地与日军作战。代表作有《桂河大桥》和《人猿星球》。 译者孙凯，北京大学法语系教师，译著有朱斯蒂娜•莱维的《坏女儿》、阿拉斯的《绘画史事》等作品。

A Planet Called Treason (1979) is a science fiction novel by American writer Orson Scott Card about a radical regenerative named Lanik who is banished from his kingdom and travels to different regions of the planet, discovering the powers of the people living there. It was originally published by St Martin's Press and Dell Publishing Co. After being heavily revised, and growing...(展开全部)

皮埃尔·布尔（1912-1994），法国小说家，青年时期在马来亚经营香蕉种植园，二战爆发后，加入戴高乐领导的自由法国力量，在中国、缅甸等地与日军作战。代表作有《桂河大桥》和《人猿星球》。 译者孙凯，北京大学法语系教师，译著有朱斯蒂娜•莱维的《坏女儿》、阿拉斯的《绘画史事》等作品。