MARC Record from Western Washington University

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090 $aQL757$b.Z56 2001
100 1 $aZimmer, Carl,$d1966-
245 10 $aParasite rex :$binside the bizarre world of nature's most dangerous creatures /$cCarl Zimmer.
246 30 $aInside the bizarre world of nature's most dangerous creatures
250 $a1st Touchstone ed.
260 $aNew York :$bSimon & Schuster,$c2001.
300 $axxii, 298 p. :$bill. ;$c22 cm.
520 1 $a"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 to the fetid parasite haven of southern Sudan, Zimmer graphically brings to life how parasites can change DNA, rewire the brain, make men more distrustful and women more outgoing, and turn hosts into the living dead." "This thorough, gracefully written book brings parasites out into the open and uncovers what they can teach us about the most fundamental survival tactics in the universe. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET
500 $a"A Touchstone book."
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [265]-286).
650 0 $aParasites.
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