Microbiology
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Mushrooms DemystifiedSimply the best and most complete mushroom field guide and reference book, MUSHROOMS DEMYSTIFIED includes descriptions and keys to more than 2,000 species of mushrooms, with more than 950 photographs. Mushroom authority David Arora provides a beginner's checklist of the 70 most distinctive and...
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The Perfect Predator: A Scientist's Race to Save Her Husband from a Deadly Superbug: A MemoirAn electrifying memoir of one woman's extraordinary effort to save her husband's life-and the discovery of a forgotten cure that has the potential to save millions more.A memoir that reads like a thriller. -New York Times Book Review A fascinating and terrifying peek into...
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Plagues in the Nation: How Epidemics Shaped AmericaAn expert legal review of the US government's response to epidemics through history--with larger conclusions about COVID-19, and reforms needed for the next plague In this narrative history of the US through major outbreaks of contagious disease, from yellow fever to the Spanish flu,...
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Dr. Mary's Monkey: How the Unsolved Murder of a Doctor, a Secret Laboratory in New Orleans and Cancer-Causing Monkey Viruses Are Linked tGet ready for the "Hottest cold case in America " This updated paperback contains the same content as the 2014 hard cover edition which has 25 additional pages of revelations added since the original 2007 paperback. These new pages include documents from the FBI,...
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The Perfect Predator: A Scientist's Race to Save Her Husband from a Deadly Superbug: A MemoirA "fascinating and terrifying" (Scientific American) memoir of one woman's extraordinary effort to save her husband's life-and the discovery of a forgotten cure that has the potential to save millions more. Epidemiologist Steffanie Strathdee and her husband, psychologist Tom Patterson, were vacationing in Egypt...
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Microbe Hunters"It manages to delight, and frequently to entrance, old and new readers and] continues to engage our hearts and minds today with an indescribably brand of affectionate sympathy."--F. Gonzalez-Crussi, from the Introduction An international bestseller, translated into eighteen languages, Paul de Kruif's classic account...
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The Demon in the Freezer: A True Story"The bard of biological weapons captures the drama of the front lines."--Richard Danzig, former secretary of the navy The first major bioterror event in the United States-the anthrax attacks in October 2001-was a clarion call for scientists who work with "hot" agents to find...
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The Good Gut: Taking Control of Your Weight, Your Mood, and Your Long-Term HealthThe groundbreaking science behind the surprising source of good health Stanford University's Justin and Erica Sonnenburg are pioneers in the most exciting and potentially transformative field of human health and wellness, the study of the relationship between our bodies and the trillions of organisms...
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Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human PandemicThe next big human pandemic--the next disease cataclysm, perhaps on the scale of AIDS or the 1918 influenza--is likely to be caused by a new virus coming to humans from wildlife. Experts call such an event "spillover" and they warn us to brace ourselves....
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Micro Life: Miracles of the Miniature World RevealedExplore the miracles of the microscopic world.Find out all about the unique and beautiful kingdoms of life at a microscopic scale and how every organism meets the challenges of survival no matter its size. The perfect book for people who enjoy photography, nature and...
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The Giant Germ (the Magic School Bus Chapter Book #6): The Giant Germ Volume 6Learn all about germs when Ms. Frizzle's class takes another exciting field trip Ms. Frizzle takes her class on amazing field trips in the Magic School Bus. They never know what will happen when they get on the bus, but they always learn something...
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The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and HealthPrepare to set aside what you think you know about yourself and microbes. The Hidden Half of Nature reveals why good health--for people and for plants--depends on Earth's smallest creatures. Restoring life to their barren yard and recovering from a health crisis, David R....
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Lab 257: The Disturbing Story of the Government's Secret Germ LaboratoryStrictly off limits to the public, Plum Island is home to virginal beaches, cliffs, forests, ponds -- and the deadliest germs that have ever roamed the planet. Lab 257 blows the lid off the stunning true nature and checkered history of Plum Island. It...
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Si Nuestra Piel Hablara / Clean: The New Science of SkinLo que tu rutina de skincare necesitaba! Cremas hidratantes, jabones, serum, bloqueadores, tónicos... cuáles son los mejores productos y cómo combinarlos para tener esa piel limpia y radiante? Y si se requiriera de menos productos para cuidarnos? Estas y más preguntas nos acechan con...
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Whisky Science: A Condensed DistillationThis is a book about the science behind whisky: its production, its measurement, and its flavor. The main purpose of this book is to review the current state of whisky science in the open literature. The focus is principally on chemistry, which describes molecular...
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The Curious World of BacteriaBacteria were the first life on Earth. But what do we really know about them? In this captivating, science-driven book, you'll learn everything you need to know about these often misunderstood--and incredibly interesting--microbes. In this engagingly written and scientifically rigorous book, author and scientist...
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The Deep Hot Biosphere: The Myth of Fossil FuelsNo other book comes even close to proposing that there is a huge mass of life living within the earth, that it is sustained in its sunless and airless subterranean environment by hydrocarbons, and that those hydrocarbons--natural gas and petroleum--are not fossil fuels but...
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Dr. Mary's Monkey: How the Unsolved Murder of a Doctor, a Secret Laboratory in New Orleans and Cancer-Causing Monkey Viruses Are Linked tThis new updated edition is not only hard cover for long life, but it contains an additional 25 pages of revelations from the author including documents from the FBI, CIA, CDC, and NOPD, plus the actual crime scene photos of the Mary Sherman murder....
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Clean: The New Science of Skin and the Beauty of Doing LessNamed a Best Book of 2020 by NPR and Vanity Fair One of Smithsonian's Ten Best Science Books of 2020"A searching and vital explication of germ theory, social norms, and what the modern era is really doing to our bodies and our psyches." --Vanity...
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Thinking Like a Phage: The Genius of the Viruses That Infect Bacteria and ArchaeaIt isn't easy to be a phage. First, what is a phage? A phage is a virus that infects Bacteria. To succeed, a phage must encounter, recognize, and enter a particular type of bacterial cell, then coerce it to make more phages rather than...
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