About this title: This colorful natural history surveys the world of the often reviled parasite and its place in science and popular culture. As this accessible tour provides historical and scientific context, it describes the obvious destructiveness of the organisms while offering numerous examples in nature of ecologically beneficial parasitic relationships.
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Description: Fair. 0684856387 Ex-library book with stickers and stampings. Overall good condition with clean text and good binding unless otherwise noted. Edges soiled. Pages warped. Most items ship within 24 hours. read more
Edition: First paperback edition
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Free Press; Simon & Schuster, New York
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780965007580ISBN:0965007588
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. xxii, 298 pp., illus., biblio., index; 21 cm. Firm binding, with one spine crease. Clean inside copy. "For centuries, parasites have lived in nightmares, horror stories, and in the darkest shadows of science. Yet these creatures are among the world's most successful and sophisticated organisms. In Parasite Rex, Carl Zimmer deftly balances the scientific and the disgusting as he takes readers on a fantastic voyage. Traveling from the steamy jungles of Costa Rica ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Free Press
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780743200110ISBN:074320011X
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, New York
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780743200110ISBN:074320011X
Description: Near Fine in softcover. 22 by 14 cm. 298 pages. Trade size. Illustrated cover. Contains glossy section of black and white illustration from photographs. Bright, clean. read more
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Excellent condition with slightly rolled jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 245 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Free Press
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780684856384ISBN:0684856387
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Free Press
Date Published: 2000-09-21
ISBN-13:9780684856384ISBN:0684856387
Description: Good. *WITHDRAWN LIBRARY COPY* with customary markings. Cover shows circulation wear. Underlining in Pencil. Being sold on consignment for the library. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Free Press
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780743200110ISBN:074320011X
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 320 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd
Date Published: 04/09/2003
ISBN-13:9780099457992ISBN:0099457997
Description: Used-Good. Book in good or better condition. Dispatched same day from warehouse. Please email with any questions for quick response. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd
Date Published: 04/09/2003
ISBN-13:9780099457992ISBN:0099457997
Description: Used-Good. Book in good or better condition. Dispatched same day from warehouse. Please email with any questions for quick response. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Touchstone, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780743200110ISBN:074320011X
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. New York: Touchstone, 2000; Trade Paperback.8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 298pp., index, bibliography, notes, illustrated. Very Good/No Jacket. Black and yelow illustrated card covers, light wear, a clean, tight and unmarked copy. Brings parasites out into the open and uncovers what they can teach us about the most fundamental survival tactics in the universe. read more
"Another informative and entertaining read from Carl Zimmer. I occasionally found the book to be slightly disorganized, seeming at times like it was more stream of consciousness than carefully outlined. But this was rare and minor. A greater quibble I had with it was some statement of fact, that, as a scientist, I felt must surely have some points of equivocation. Zimmer's strength is in making science straightforward and easily understood, but in reality science rarely is actually this way. So it left me feeling like the complexity and possibly more interesting aspects of the story were left out in the interest of presenting as fact certain aspects of the wide world of parasitology. The greatest thing to be learned from this book? The recognition that parasites have, and like always will, be the kinds of the animal kingdom, rather than so many hangers-on."
"This book is great, it really might change the way you look at the world. It certainly had an impact on my understanding of evolution and ecology. The narrative was quite good- it never got dry for me despite the huge amount of information presented, though i am a bio nerd. I do however think it's very accessible for non-biology oriented readers."
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