
Virusphere
Ebola, AIDS, Influenza and the Hidden World of the Virus
By: Frank Ryan
Paperback | 19 March 2020
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What are viruses? Do they rely on genes, like all other forms of life? Do they follow the same patterns of evolution as plants and animals? Frank Ryan answers these questions and many more in a sweeping tour of illnesses caused by viruses. For example, the common cold, measles, chicken pox, herpes and mumps, rubella, as well as less familiar examples, such as rabies, `breakbone' fever, haemorrhagic fevers like Ebola, and virus-induced cancers.
Along the way, readers will learn about the behaviours and ultimate goals of viruses, gaining a deeper understanding of their importance in relation to the origins and the evolution of life, as well as they ways viruses have changed us at the most intimate level, to help make us quintessentially human.
About the Author
Originally qualified as a doctor, Frank Ryan is now one of the pioneers of the role of viruses in evolution. He is emeritus consultant physician at the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, and Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, the Linnaean Society of London and the Royal Society of Medicine. He is the author of four general books, including a New York Times NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR (Tuberculosis: The Greatest Story Never Told).
Industry Reviews
Praise for Virusphere:
'A fascinating book that is well structured ... absorbing ... [and] makes an engrossing and fervent argument' The Inquisitive Biologist
Praise for Frank Ryan:
'Extremely well written ... Frank Ryan has the page-turning and spine-chilling ability of a good novelist'
Sunday Telegraph
'Ryan is very good at making technical matters comprehensible to the lay reader, but more impressive still is the away he conveys the intellectual excitement and elation of scientific discovery'
Literary Review
'Dr Ryan writes well in a difficult technical field, weaving the technicalities of scientific history, medicine, molecular biology and evolution into the human narratives ... Very readable and disturbing'
New York Times...
ISBN: 9780008296704
ISBN-10: 0008296707
Published: 19th March 2020
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 288
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 1.9 x 12.8 x 19.8
Weight (kg): 0.164
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