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Chargement... Parasite Rex: Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's Most Dangerous Creatures (original 2000; édition 2001)par Carl Zimmer (Auteur)
Information sur l'oeuvreParasite Rex: Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's Most Dangerous Creatures par Carl Zimmer (2000)
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. It's been a while since I have abandoned the star-awarding principle I first devised upon joining the Goodreads. I wanted to give the highest mark to if not a life-changing but at least to an eye-opening or mindset-shifting book. I knew some at the moment and counted on meeting more soon. However that was not a case. Such encounters are few and far between. Thus i revised my policy and started awarding 5 stars to very good books I enjoyed, but which otherwise didn't shake me to the core. This time I'm happy to declare that in this book I met a genuine 5 star tome. My views on biology, evolution, life on Earth and its purpose are given quite a stir. I won't disclose much of book's content, but just a quick remark/guess: the author talks about parasites and domesticated animals, but he barely mentions our regular pets - cats and dogs - in this context. And not for nothing, I think...otherwise some people would have started looking at them with very, very different eyes :) aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)591.7857Natural sciences and mathematics Zoology Specific topics in natural history of animals Animal ecology, animals characteristic of specific environmentsClassification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
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The book itself is well written, disgusting at times, terrifying at others, but hard to put down once you get into it.
I keep thinking this sort of drive is what might be relevant to much of current technosocial development, AI etc... ( )