Virusphere: Ebola, AIDS, Influenza and the Hidden World of the Virus

Author:   Frank Ryan
Publisher:   HarperCollins Publishers
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9780008296704


Pages:   288
Publication Date:   19 March 2020
Format:   Paperback
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Virusphere: Ebola, AIDS, Influenza and the Hidden World of the Virus


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A virologist’s insight into how viruses evolve and why global epidemics are inevitable In 1993 a previously healthy young man was drowning in the middle of a desert, in fluids produced by his own lungs. This was the beginning of the terrifying Sin Nombre hantavirus epidemic and the start of a scientific journey that would forever change our understanding of what it means to be human. After witnessing the Sin Nombre outbreak, Dr Frank Ryan began researching viral evolution and was astonished to discover that it’s inextricable from the evolution of all life on Earth. From AIDS and Ebola to the common cold, Ryan explores the role of the virus within every ecosystem on the planet. His gripping conclusions shed new light on the natural world, proving that what doesn’t kill you really does make you (and your species) stronger.

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Author:   Frank Ryan
Publisher:   HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint:   William Collins
Dimensions:   Width: 12.90cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 19.80cm
Weight:   0.210kg
ISBN:  

9780008296704


ISBN 10:   0008296707
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   19 March 2020
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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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


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Originally qualified as a doctor, Frank Ryan is now one of the pioneers of the role of viruses in evolution. He was recently made Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Animal and Plant Sciences at the University of Sheffiled, with the express purpose of developing his evolutionary concepts and helping to translate evolutionary science into 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).

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