portada Riddled With Life: Friendly Worms, Ladybug Sex, and the Parasites That Make us who we are (en Inglés)

Riddled With Life: Friendly Worms, Ladybug Sex, and the Parasites That Make us who we are (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Marlene Zuk

Editorial

Mariner Books

Año

2008

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

328

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

20.2x13.6x2.1 cm

Peso

0.30 kg.

ISBN

0156034689

ISBN13

9780156034685

N° edición

Categorías

Anatomía
Fisiología
Parasitología médica
Microbiología (no médica)
Biología humana

Riddled With Life: Friendly Worms, Ladybug Sex, and the Parasites That Make us who we are (en Inglés)

Marlene Zuk (Autor) · Mariner Books · Tapa Blanda

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Reseña del libro "Riddled With Life: Friendly Worms, Ladybug Sex, and the Parasites That Make us who we are (en Inglés)"

We treat disease as our enemy. Germs and infections are things we battle. But what if we've been giving them a bum rap? From the earliest days of life on earth, disease has evolved alongside us. And its presence isn't just natural but is also essential to our health. Drawing on the latest research, Zuk answers a fascinating range of questions about disease: Why do men die younger than women? Why are we attracted to our mates? Why does the average male bird not have a penis? Why do we--as well as insects, birds, pigs, cows, goats, and even plants--get STDs? Why do we have sex at all, rather than simply splitting off copies of ourselves like certain geckos? And how is our obsession with cleanliness making us sicker? In this witty, engaging book, evolutionary biologist Zuk makes us rethink our instincts as she argues that disease is our partner, not our foe. Reconsider the fearsome parasite!