Invisible empire : the natural history of viruses (Record no. 64575)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 9780670095766
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 579.2
Item number PRA/I
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME
Personal name Pranay Lal
245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Invisible empire : the natural history of viruses
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication Haryana
Name of publisher Penguin
Year of publication 2021
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Number of Pages x,278p.
Other physical details ill. (black and white, and colour) ;
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc Viruses are the world's most abundant life form, and now, when humanity is in the midst of a close encounter with their immense power, perhaps the most feared. But do we understand viruses? Possibly the most enigmatic of living things, they are sometimes not considered a life form at all. Everything about them is extreme, including the reactions they evoke. However, for every truism about viruses, the opposite is also often true. So complex and diverse is the world of viruses that it merits being labelled an empire unto itself. And whether we see them as alive or dead, as life-threatening or life-affirming, there is an ineluctable beauty, even a certain elegance, in the way viruses go about their lives-or so Pranay Lal tells us in Invisible Empire: The Natural History of Viruses.<br/><br/>This is a book that defies categorisation. It brings together science, history and great storytelling to paint a fascinating picture of viruses as a major actor, not just in human civilisation but also in the human body. With rare photographs, paintings, illustrations and anecdotes, it is a magnificent and an extremely relevant book for our times, when we are attempting to understand viruses and examining their role in the lives of humans.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Viruses
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Topical Term Medical virology
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Koha item type BK
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control field 22363419
010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 2020511517
952 ## - LOCATION AND ITEM INFORMATION (KOHA)
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Home library Shelving location Date acquired Cost, normal purchase price Full call number Accession Number Koha item type
Kannur University Central Library Stack 31/03/2022 799.00 579.2 PRA/I 56677 BK

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