Description
| Product ID: | 9780670095766 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Invisible Empire |
| Subtitle: | The Natural History of Viruses |
| Authors: | Author: Pranay Lal |
| Page Count: | 278 |
| Subjects: | Psycholinguistics and cognitive linguistics, Psycholinguistics, Society and culture: general, History of science, Society & culture: general, History of science |
| Description: | It brings together science, history and great storytelling to paint a fascinating picture of viruses as a major actor, not just in human civilisation but also in the human body. Viruses are the world''s most abundant life form, and now, when humanity is in the midst of a close encounter with their immense power, perhaps the most feared. But do we understand viruses? Possibly the most enigmatic of living things, they are sometimes not considered a life form at all. Everything about them is extreme, including the reactions they evoke. However, for every truism about viruses, the opposite is also often true. So complex and diverse is the world of viruses that it merits being labelled an empire unto itself. And whether we see them as alive or dead, as life-threatening or life-affirming, there is an ineluctable beauty, even a certain elegance, in the way viruses go about their lives-or so Pranay Lal tells us in Invisible Empire: The Natural History of Viruses.This is a book that defies categorisation. |
| Imprint Name: | Penguin Viking |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Random House India |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-10-29 |