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Loading... Parasite Rex Parasite Rex (with a New Epilogue): Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's Most Dangerous Creatures (original 2000; edition 2001)by Carl Zimmer
Work InformationParasite Rex: Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's Most Dangerous Creatures by Carl Zimmer (2000)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. 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 :) no reviews | add a review
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. No library descriptions found.
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)591.7857Natural sciences and mathematics Zoology Specific topics in natural history of animals Animal ecology, animals characteristic of specific environmentsLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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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... ( )