| View Larger Image | Microterrors: The Complete Guide to Bacterial, Viral and Fungal Infections That Threaten Our Health | Paperbackby Tony Hart (Author)
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| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | Firefly Books | | Edition: | 1st Edition | | Page Count: | 192 Pages | | Publication Date: | October 02, 2004 | | Sales Rank: | 260,227th |
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Product Description
The hidden dangers surrounding us. Despite the confident strides of modern science, the threat of deadly unseen organisms such as viruses, bacteria and fungi still grip the imagination with their ferocious intensity. For instance, resistant strains of bacteria can now survive the strongest antibiotics and deadly new biological weapons are being cooked up in laboratories worldwide. Microterrors explores these threats as well as humanity's greatest living rivals that have been on the planet far longer than we have. The introduction covers terms, definitions and a brief natural history, including the role of viruses in human evolution, as well as bioengineering and biological weapons. Microterrors then presents the truly terrifying rogues' gallery of invisible killers. Dramatic life-like digital illustrations and computer-colored electron images provide mug book profiles of hundreds of naturally occurring and bioengineered microterrors, including: - Ebola, bubonic plague, cholera, malaria - Bacteria: pneumonia, anthrax, botulism - Viruses: HIV, hepatitis, common cold - Fungi and blood and tissue diseases. Each entry includes concise facts such as date of discovery and place of origin, period of incubation, symptoms and length of suffering, likelihood of death, treatments, vaccines and cures. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 7 reviews)
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Great Handbook by Neha Dalmia  5 Stars
June 27, 2009
This book is a great handbook to get easy and quick access to essential information regarding the various viruses, bacteria, fungi and protozoa. I especially like the colored images as well as the way in which the book is written. Information is precise and pretty upto date. The paperback copy is completely affordable and absolutely worth buying.
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Great Book! by Courtney Roper 5 Stars
April 05, 2008
I got this book for my husband who is studying virology. He loves it! The pictures are great, as are the descriptions! Its now his favorite non-scifi book.
Overall, if you are at all interested in microbiology and infectious things, you will love this book!
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Let the terror begin! by D. Campbell 5 Stars
February 16, 2006
I have been looking for an informative book on microbes for a long time, and I've found exactly what I've been looking for with this book. The information in Microterrors is organized and easy to understand, especially for someone that's interested in finding out more about the germs they hear about everyday on the news. This book makes you want to learn more about these deadly terrors, and at the same time lock yourself away in a clean room. Definitely a must read for anyone interested in the genre.
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Microterrors by M. Beardharper (Oakland, CA United States) 5 Stars
October 25, 2005
Very fast delivery, great condition. Reassuring since i tried to order this book from another seller and never recieved it. Thanks
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Spelling Bee by LaPalida (Canada)  4 Stars
August 02, 2005
Nice little reference book. I bought it first and foremost because it was nicely designed. It's brief but informative and has alot of nice images. The downfall of this book, as I noticed after reading it, is that the editor did an appalling job of ...well editing. This book has an insane amount of spelling and grammar errors (for a book in print I mean). I was a bit dissapointed by that, I guess they sacrificed clarity for image. Too bad, it could have been perfect. Anyway not to end on a sour note the graphics and the information make up for that one flaw.
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