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Killer Germs: Microbes and Diseases That Threaten Humanity

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作者：Barry Zimmerman，David Zimmerman，David J. Zimmerman (Joint Author) 著

出版社：Mcgraw-Hill

出版时间：2002-09-06

I S B N：9780071409261

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Killer Germs is a revised version of the successful 1996 edition, which sets out to answer everything we ever wanted to know about deadly viruses, flesh-eating microbes, and other life-threatening beasties we have been too afraid to ask about. This fascinating, often horrifying overview of germs and their origins, cures, and newly emerging diseases of the future covers every aspect of the killer germ. The book provides easy-to-understand explanations of how germs invade, and the diversity and variety with which they travel, invade and infect. From pathogens and parasites, from worms to mosquitoes, from viruses that "pirate" a cell to Jonas Salk's first polio vaccination, the reader is made aware of the fragility of the human body, and the diversity and tenacity of the germ. The book may read like a horror novel, but the real horror lies in its truth. Killer Germs covers the treatable to the unthinkable. And these horror stories aren't just recent - from biblical times mankind has suffered from incomprehensible diseases that have wiped out millions and changed the course of history. Although the 20th century has seen many inroads in the areas of prevention and treatment, there are diseases yet to be conquered, and many political and financial factors that keep the global population from gaining appropriate treatment. This, the authors write, is the paradox of killer germs - while Western cultures are creating strains that can wipe out portions of the population, other cultures are literally dying off for lack of adequate medicine and attention. The most frightening chapter yet is on Bioterrorism, "perhaps the greatest nightmare of all, because the danger is not so much a bacterium or virus, but the human spirit and its ultimate capacity for evil - man's inhumanity to man." The use of anthrax shortly after the September 11th attacks have been a wake-up call to America regarding the use of weaponized germs and chemicals, their dangers, and precautionary measures one can take against them. The use of potential germ weapons in the wrong hands transforms them into the world's smallest, yet deadliest, warheads. The fight against pathogens is never over.

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About the Author

Barry Zimmerman and David Zimmerman, identical twins, are both science teachers. Barry is a graduate of Brooklyn College and has a Master of Science degree in microbiology from Long Island University. He has taught biology, chemistry, physics, astronomy, and medical techniques in the New York City public school system for thirty-five years. David is a graduate of Brooklyn College and has a Master of Science degree in microbiology from Long Island University. He has taught biology, zoology, physics and health careers in the public school system of New York City for thirty-four years. Barry and David have collaborated on two other books, Why Nothing Can Travel Faster Than Light...and Other Explorations and Nature's Curiosity Shop: Explorations in the Mysteries and Wonders of Science, which are collections of science essays.

Examines past diseases & looks ahead to the emerging threat of plagues such as the Ebola virus.