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How Humans Discovered the Microcosmos, Defeated Germs--and May Still Lose the War Against Infectious Disease

par Thomas Levenson ...

“An elegant, wide-ranging history” (The New York Review of Books) of the centuries-long quest to discover the critical role of germs in disease thatreveals as much about human reasoning—and the pitfalls of ego—as it does about microbes.“Levenson takes readers through an entertaining . . . journey of missed opportunities in microbiology and the eventual advances that arose in this field.” ... En savoir plus

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“An elegant, wide-ranging history” (The New York Review of Books) of the centuries-long quest to discover the critical role of germs in disease thatreveals as much about human reasoning—and the pitfalls of ego—as it does about microbes.“Levenson takes readers through an entertaining . . . journey of missed opportunities in microbiology and the eventual advances that arose in this field.”
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La face cachée du grand monde des microbes

par Boucar Diouf ...

À quoi sert le virus de la Covid? C’est en voulant répondre à cette question que Boucar s’est lancé dans l’écriture de ce livre où il nous prend par la main pour nous faire vivre la fascinante histoire des microbes, ce monde invisible qui, depuis toujours, joue un rôle essentiel dans nos vies. Entremetteurs, cuisiniers et nounous, les microbes sont un mal nécessaire pour la survie de l ... En savoir plus

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À quoi sert le virus de la Covid? C’est en voulant répondre à cette question que Boucar s’est lancé dans l’écriture de ce livre où il nous prend par la main pour nous faire vivre la fascinante histoire des microbes, ce monde invisible qui, depuis toujours, joue un rôle essentiel dans nos vies. Entremetteurs, cuisiniers et nounous, les microbes sont un mal nécessaire pour la survie de l
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Evolution: A View from the 21st Century. Fortified.

par James A. Shapiro ...

IT IS TIME FOR A NEW THEORY OF EVOLUTION BASED ON GENOMICS, NOT GUESSESIn 2011, James A. Shapiro's Evolution: A View from the 21st Century proposed a revolutionary paradigm for understanding biological evolution: natural genetic engineering, not random accidents, produce genome change. In the 21st-century view, organisms are active participants in the evolutionary process.Since then, climate ... En savoir plus

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IT IS TIME FOR A NEW THEORY OF EVOLUTION BASED ON GENOMICS, NOT GUESSESIn 2011, James A. Shapiro's Evolution: A View from the 21st Century proposed a revolutionary paradigm for understanding biological evolution: natural genetic engineering, not random accidents, produce genome change. In the 21st-century view, organisms are active participants in the evolutionary process.Since then, climate
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Keeping Your Dairy Healthy

An Outline of Bateriology

par Midwest Journal Press, H. L. Russell, Dr. Robert C. Worstell ...

Collections Livre 22 - Living With the Land
Modern dairying is attempting to build its more accurate knowledge upon a broader and surer foundation, and in doing this is seeking to ascertain the cause of well-established processes. In this, bacteriology is playing an important rôle. Indeed, it may be safely predicted that future progress in dairying will, to a large extent, depend upon bacteriological research.An exposition of its principles ... En savoir plus

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Modern dairying is attempting to build its more accurate knowledge upon a broader and surer foundation, and in doing this is seeking to ascertain the cause of well-established processes. In this, bacteriology is playing an important rôle. Indeed, it may be safely predicted that future progress in dairying will, to a large extent, depend upon bacteriological research.An exposition of its principles
... En savoir plus
Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

par David Quammen ...

A masterpiece of science reporting that tracks the animal origins of emerging human diseases.The emergence of strange new diseases is a frightening problem that seems to be getting worse. In this age of speedy travel, it threatens a worldwide pandemic. We hear news reports of Ebola, SARS, AIDS, and something called Hendra killing horses and people in Australia—but those reports miss the big truth ... En savoir plus

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A masterpiece of science reporting that tracks the animal origins of emerging human diseases.The emergence of strange new diseases is a frightening problem that seems to be getting worse. In this age of speedy travel, it threatens a worldwide pandemic. We hear news reports of Ebola, SARS, AIDS, and something called Hendra killing horses and people in Australia—but those reports miss the big truth
... En savoir plus
The Germ Code

par Jason Tetro ...

THE WAR ON GERMS CAN NEVER BE WONOur plan should be to choose our battles carefully and co-exist as best we can.Wise, witty and authoritative, The Germ Code chronicles the enormous influence of our tiny enemies on human history. Microbiologist Jason Tetro relates how pandemics such as the plague, HIV and “swine flu” came about, how others have been averted and how more may occur if we aren’t ... En savoir plus

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THE WAR ON GERMS CAN NEVER BE WONOur plan should be to choose our battles carefully and co-exist as best we can.Wise, witty and authoritative, The Germ Code chronicles the enormous influence of our tiny enemies on human history. Microbiologist Jason Tetro relates how pandemics such as the plague, HIV and “swine flu” came about, how others have been averted and how more may occur if we aren’t
... En savoir plus
The Demon Under the Microscope

From Battlefield Hospitals to Nazi Labs, One Doctor's Heroic Search for the World's First Miracle Drug

par Thomas Hager ...

In The Demon Under the Microscope, Thomas Hager chronicles the dramatic history of sulfa, the first antibiotic and the drug that shaped modern medicine.The Nazis discovered it. The Allies won the war with it. It conquered diseases, changed laws, and single-handedly launched the era of antibiotics. Sulfa saved millions of lives—among them those of Winston Churchill and Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. ... En savoir plus

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In The Demon Under the Microscope, Thomas Hager chronicles the dramatic history of sulfa, the first antibiotic and the drug that shaped modern medicine.The Nazis discovered it. The Allies won the war with it. It conquered diseases, changed laws, and single-handedly launched the era of antibiotics. Sulfa saved millions of lives—among them those of Winston Churchill and Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr.
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Infectious

Pathogens and How We Fight Them

par Prof. John S. Tregoning ...

The human body is a marvel – but what happens when it comes under attack? A fascinating guide to why we get sick and how we get better.‘Lovely, warm, erudite and, above all, chatty.’ Chris van Tulleken, author of Ultra Processed PeopleNature wants you dead.Not just you, but your children and everyone you have ever met and everyone they have ever met; in fact, everyone. It wants you to cough and ... En savoir plus

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The human body is a marvel – but what happens when it comes under attack? A fascinating guide to why we get sick and how we get better.‘Lovely, warm, erudite and, above all, chatty.’ Chris van Tulleken, author of Ultra Processed PeopleNature wants you dead.Not just you, but your children and everyone you have ever met and everyone they have ever met; in fact, everyone. It wants you to cough and
... En savoir plus
Viral

The Search for the Origin of COVID-19

par Matt Ridley, Alina Chan ...

"Chan and Ridley write with an urgency...that inspires gripping depictions of what viruses are, how infectious-disease laboratories work and wonderfully lucid descriptions of bats. . . . They powerfully recount how dangerous pathogens can both leak from a lab and emerge in nature." (New York Times Book Review)Understanding how Covid-19 started is crucial for the future of humankind. Viral is the ... En savoir plus

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"Chan and Ridley write with an urgency...that inspires gripping depictions of what viruses are, how infectious-disease laboratories work and wonderfully lucid descriptions of bats. . . . They powerfully recount how dangerous pathogens can both leak from a lab and emerge in nature." (New York Times Book Review)Understanding how Covid-19 started is crucial for the future of humankind. Viral is the
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Viral

The Search for the Origin of Covid-19

par Matt Ridley, Alina Chan ...

"Chan and Ridley write with an urgency...that inspires gripping depictions of what viruses are, how infectious-disease laboratories work and wonderfully lucid descriptions of bats. . . . They powerfully recount how dangerous pathogens can both leak from a lab and emerge in nature." (New York Times Book Review)Understanding how Covid-19 started is crucial for the future of humankind. Viral is the ... En savoir plus

$11.99 CAD

"Chan and Ridley write with an urgency...that inspires gripping depictions of what viruses are, how infectious-disease laboratories work and wonderfully lucid descriptions of bats. . . . They powerfully recount how dangerous pathogens can both leak from a lab and emerge in nature." (New York Times Book Review)Understanding how Covid-19 started is crucial for the future of humankind. Viral is the
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Time's Arrow and Archimedes' Point : New Directions for the Physics of Time

New Directions for the Physics of Time

par Huw Price ...

Why is the future so different from the past? Why does the past affect the future and not the other way around? What does quantum mechanics really tell us about the world? In this important and accessible book Huw Price throws fascinating new light on some of the great mysteries of modern physics and connects them in a wholly original way. Price begins with the mystery of the arrow of time. Why ... En savoir plus

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Why is the future so different from the past? Why does the past affect the future and not the other way around? What does quantum mechanics really tell us about the world? In this important and accessible book Huw Price throws fascinating new light on some of the great mysteries of modern physics and connects them in a wholly original way. Price begins with the mystery of the arrow of time. Why
... En savoir plus
Infectious Disease: A Very Short Introduction

par Marta Wayne, Benjamin Bolker ...

Collections series Very Short Introductions
As doctors and biologists have learned, to their dismay, infectious disease is a moving target: new diseases emerge every year, old diseases evolve into new forms, and ecological and socioeconomic upheavals change the transmission pathways by which disease spread. By taking an approach focused on the general evolutionary and ecological dynamics of disease, this Very Short Introduction provides a ... En savoir plus

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As doctors and biologists have learned, to their dismay, infectious disease is a moving target: new diseases emerge every year, old diseases evolve into new forms, and ecological and socioeconomic upheavals change the transmission pathways by which disease spread. By taking an approach focused on the general evolutionary and ecological dynamics of disease, this Very Short Introduction provides a
... En savoir plus
The New Killer Diseases

How the Alarming Evolution of Germs Threatens Us All

par Elinor Levy, Mark Fischetti ...

Protect yourself and your family from the threat of emerging diseases with a detailed, gripping exploration of the dangerous microbes we’re up against, from a respected immunologist and veteran science author—with a new Epilogue by the authors“[Levy and Fischetti] excel at describing the sleuthing and science that helped to break the code on emerging infections.”—Los Angeles TimesAll around us—in ... En savoir plus

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Protect yourself and your family from the threat of emerging diseases with a detailed, gripping exploration of the dangerous microbes we’re up against, from a respected immunologist and veteran science author—with a new Epilogue by the authors“[Levy and Fischetti] excel at describing the sleuthing and science that helped to break the code on emerging infections.”—Los Angeles TimesAll around us—in
... En savoir plus
Schaum's Outline of Microbiology, Second Edition

par Jennifer M. Warner, I. Edward Alcamo ...

Tough Test Questions? Missed Lectures? Not Enough Time?Fortunately for you, there's Schaum's Outlines. More than 40 million students have trusted Schaum's to help them succeed in the classroom and on exams. Schaum's is the key to faster learning and higher grades in every subject. Each Outline presents all the essential course information in an easy-to-follow, topic-by-topic format. You also get ... En savoir plus

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Tough Test Questions? Missed Lectures? Not Enough Time?Fortunately for you, there's Schaum's Outlines. More than 40 million students have trusted Schaum's to help them succeed in the classroom and on exams. Schaum's is the key to faster learning and higher grades in every subject. Each Outline presents all the essential course information in an easy-to-follow, topic-by-topic format. You also get
... En savoir plus
Asthma and Bronchitis

par Jan de Vries ...

It is clear that asthma and bronchitis are on the increase, especially in Britain, and there are strong indications that this rise may be linked to atmospheric influences. Jan de Vries has over 30 years' experience of treating these conditions and in this important title in the By Appointment Only series he sets out his own ideas about respiratory disorders. He shows, for example, how many ... En savoir plus

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It is clear that asthma and bronchitis are on the increase, especially in Britain, and there are strong indications that this rise may be linked to atmospheric influences. Jan de Vries has over 30 years' experience of treating these conditions and in this important title in the By Appointment Only series he sets out his own ideas about respiratory disorders. He shows, for example, how many
... En savoir plus
Microbiology DeMYSTiFieD, 2nd Edition

par Tom Betsy, Jim Keogh ...

Collections series Demystified
Demystified is your vaccine for tricky subjects like microbiologyIf you don't know your prokaryotes from your protozoa, or learning about fungi puts you in a funk, look no further--Microbiology Demystified, Second Edition is your cure for learning this topic's fundamental concepts and theories at your own pace.This practical guide eases you into this field of science, starting at the cell level. ... En savoir plus

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Demystified is your vaccine for tricky subjects like microbiologyIf you don't know your prokaryotes from your protozoa, or learning about fungi puts you in a funk, look no further--Microbiology Demystified, Second Edition is your cure for learning this topic's fundamental concepts and theories at your own pace.This practical guide eases you into this field of science, starting at the cell level.
... En savoir plus
Toxic Cyanobacteria in Water

A Guide to Their Public Health Consequences, Monitoring and Management

Modifié par Ingrid Chorus, Martin Welker ...

Cyanobacterial toxins are among the hazardous substances most widely found in water. They occur naturally, but concentrations hazardous to human health are usually due to human activity. Therefore, to protect human health, managing lakes, reservoirs and rivers to prevent cyanobacterial blooms is critical.This second edition of Toxic Cyanobacteria in Water presents the current state of knowledge on ... En savoir plus

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Cyanobacterial toxins are among the hazardous substances most widely found in water. They occur naturally, but concentrations hazardous to human health are usually due to human activity. Therefore, to protect human health, managing lakes, reservoirs and rivers to prevent cyanobacterial blooms is critical.This second edition of Toxic Cyanobacteria in Water presents the current state of knowledge on
... En savoir plus
Are All Bacteria Dangerous? Biology Book for Kids | Children's Biology Books

par Baby Professor ...

If you're child is into science, or you would like him/her to be, then this biology book is a must-have! Bacteria is always all around us but that doesn't mean we should be perpetually afraid of them. Lack of knowledge on the subject will make you fear too much. That is why it is important to encourage your child to pick up the habit of reading. ... En savoir plus

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If you're child is into science, or you would like him/her to be, then this biology book is a must-have! Bacteria is always all around us but that doesn't mean we should be perpetually afraid of them. Lack of knowledge on the subject will make you fear too much. That is why it is important to encourage your child to pick up the habit of reading.
... En savoir plus
The Healthy Baby Gut Guide

Prevent Allergies, Build Immunity and Strengthen Microbiome Health From Day One

par Vincent Dr. Ho ...

Children’s allergies are a serious issue: more than 50 million children in the US have allergies, or one in every 13 kids / 2 kids out of every school classroom.Food allergies in kids increased by 50% between 1997 and 2011. Between 1997 and 2008, peanut allergies in kids tripled.Food allergy symptoms can be life-threatening: Medical procedures to treat anaphylaxis resulting from food allergy ... En savoir plus

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Children’s allergies are a serious issue: more than 50 million children in the US have allergies, or one in every 13 kids / 2 kids out of every school classroom.Food allergies in kids increased by 50% between 1997 and 2011. Between 1997 and 2008, peanut allergies in kids tripled.Food allergy symptoms can be life-threatening: Medical procedures to treat anaphylaxis resulting from food allergy
... En savoir plus
The Wharf at Waterfall Bay

par Lisa Harper ...

The inspiring and entertaining story of a determined young woman alone, who overcame the isolation of her family farm to build a flourishing business. When Lisa Harper returned to her family’s farm at the head of remote Mahau Sound, in the Marlborough Sounds, after years overseas working as a scientist, she showed all the pluck and entrepreneurial streak of the earlier generations of women in her ... En savoir plus

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The inspiring and entertaining story of a determined young woman alone, who overcame the isolation of her family farm to build a flourishing business. When Lisa Harper returned to her family’s farm at the head of remote Mahau Sound, in the Marlborough Sounds, after years overseas working as a scientist, she showed all the pluck and entrepreneurial streak of the earlier generations of women in her
... En savoir plus
Nos incroyables amies les bactéries

Guérissez naturellement grâce à la thérapie du microbiome (microbiote)

par Anne Katharina Zschocke ...

Collections series Nouvelles Pistes Thérapeutiques
De nos jours, de nombreuses maladies comme les intolérances alimentaires, le syndrome du côlon irritable, les inflammations, les problèmes gastriques, le surpoids, le diabète, l’artériosclérose, le TDA/H, les maladies de peau et autres pathologies sont considérées comme découlant de perturbations dans la relation que les bactéries entretiennent avec le corps humain. Si nous rétablissons l ... En savoir plus

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De nos jours, de nombreuses maladies comme les intolérances alimentaires, le syndrome du côlon irritable, les inflammations, les problèmes gastriques, le surpoids, le diabète, l’artériosclérose, le TDA/H, les maladies de peau et autres pathologies sont considérées comme découlant de perturbations dans la relation que les bactéries entretiennent avec le corps humain. Si nous rétablissons l
... En savoir plus
Manuel de l'observateur au microscope

Édition enrichie.

par Félix Dujardin, Adam Chauvet ...

Le "Manuel de l'observateur au microscope" de Félix Dujardin se positionne comme un ouvrage fondamental dans la vulgarisation de la microscopie, abordant méthodiquement les techniques d'observation et les pratiques expérimentales essentielles à cette science en plein essor au XIXe siècle. À travers un style clair et pédagogique, Dujardin mêle descriptions précises, illustrations et conseils ... En savoir plus

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Le "Manuel de l'observateur au microscope" de Félix Dujardin se positionne comme un ouvrage fondamental dans la vulgarisation de la microscopie, abordant méthodiquement les techniques d'observation et les pratiques expérimentales essentielles à cette science en plein essor au XIXe siècle. À travers un style clair et pédagogique, Dujardin mêle descriptions précises, illustrations et conseils
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Parasites

The Inside Story

par Scott Lyell Gardner, Judy Diamond, Gabor R. Rácz ...

An exciting look at the essential roles that parasites play in Earth’s ecosystemsThis book looks at the weird and wonderful world of parasites, the most abundant form of life on Earth. Parasites come in all forms and sizes and inhabit every free-living organism. Parasitism is now, and always has been, a way to survive under changing environmental conditions. From arctic oceans to tropical forests, ... En savoir plus

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An exciting look at the essential roles that parasites play in Earth’s ecosystemsThis book looks at the weird and wonderful world of parasites, the most abundant form of life on Earth. Parasites come in all forms and sizes and inhabit every free-living organism. Parasitism is now, and always has been, a way to survive under changing environmental conditions. From arctic oceans to tropical forests,
... En savoir plus
Bioactive Microbial Metabolites

Scope and Challenges

Modifié par Vaibhav Mishra, Jitendra Mishra, Naveen Kumar Arora ...

Collections series Developments in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
Bioactive Microbial Metabolites: Scope and Challenges not only focuses on the identification, separation and purification of bioactive metabolites, the book also provides an understanding of the metabolic pathways for bioactive metabolites production that play an important role in modern healthcare as frontline treatments for many diseases. This is a valuable reference for research students, ... En savoir plus

$155.99 CAD

Bioactive Microbial Metabolites: Scope and Challenges not only focuses on the identification, separation and purification of bioactive metabolites, the book also provides an understanding of the metabolic pathways for bioactive metabolites production that play an important role in modern healthcare as frontline treatments for many diseases. This is a valuable reference for research students,
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