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Life Lessons from a Parasite
What Tapeworms, Flukes, Lice, and Roundworms Can Teach Us about Humanity's Most Difficult Problems
Taschenbuch von John Janovy
Sprache: Englisch

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"In this unique piece of pop-science, one of the world's preeminent experts on parasites reveals their astonishing, disgusting, weird, and fascinating behaviors and how they provide insight into humanity's most difficult problems. Squeamishness aside, what can humans learn from the most reviled yet misunderstood animals on Earth: lice, tapeworms, and maggots that can eat a lizard from the inside? And how can these lessons help us negotiate a world characterized by pandemic disease, ethnic hatred, climate change, war, and internet-driven political chaos? Whether we're learning to adapt to adverse conditions, accept our own limitations, or process new information in a frightening landscape-we can be sure a parasite did it first. Because sometimes, the answers to life's biggest questions can be found by looking at the little things"--
"In this unique piece of pop-science, one of the world's preeminent experts on parasites reveals their astonishing, disgusting, weird, and fascinating behaviors and how they provide insight into humanity's most difficult problems. Squeamishness aside, what can humans learn from the most reviled yet misunderstood animals on Earth: lice, tapeworms, and maggots that can eat a lizard from the inside? And how can these lessons help us negotiate a world characterized by pandemic disease, ethnic hatred, climate change, war, and internet-driven political chaos? Whether we're learning to adapt to adverse conditions, accept our own limitations, or process new information in a frightening landscape-we can be sure a parasite did it first. Because sometimes, the answers to life's biggest questions can be found by looking at the little things"--
Über den Autor
John Janovy Jr.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Fachbereich: Zoologie
Genre: Biologie
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9781728292526
ISBN-10: 1728292522
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Janovy, John
Hersteller: Sourcebooks
Maße: 208 x 140 x 28 mm
Von/Mit: John Janovy
Erscheinungsdatum: 20.08.2024
Gewicht: 0,34 kg
Artikel-ID: 127877349
Über den Autor
John Janovy Jr.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Fachbereich: Zoologie
Genre: Biologie
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9781728292526
ISBN-10: 1728292522
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Janovy, John
Hersteller: Sourcebooks
Maße: 208 x 140 x 28 mm
Von/Mit: John Janovy
Erscheinungsdatum: 20.08.2024
Gewicht: 0,34 kg
Artikel-ID: 127877349
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