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Parasite Rex: Inside the Bizarre World of Natures Most Dangerous Creatures (Hardcover)
by Carl Zimmer (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Free Press (19 Mar 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0684856387
  • ISBN-13: 978-0684856384
  • Product Dimensions: 21.2 x 16.3 x 2.7 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,203,661 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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Synopsis
A tour of the strange and bizarre world that parasites inhabit. It follows researchers in parasitology as they attempt to penetrate the mysteries of these creatures who can control evolution, ecosystems and maybe even the human race.

About the Author
Inheritor of Stephen Jay Gould's column in Natural History, which he shares with Jared Diamond, Carl Zimmer is the author of Evolution and At the Water's Edge. He lives in New York City.
--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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