Invisible empire: the Natural history of viruses (Record no. 297535)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780670095766
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 616.910 1
Item number LAL-I
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Lal, Pranay
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Invisible empire: the Natural history of viruses
Statement of responsibility, etc. By Pranay Lal
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement 1
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. India:
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Viking (An imprint of Penguin Random House),
Date of publication, distribution, etc. c2021
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent i-xi+278P.
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note <br/>BOUNTY<br/>A WHOLE NEW WORLD<br/>SUPERSIZE<br/>THE VIRUS IS<br/>A DEEP CONTROL<br/>INVADERS HITCHHIKERS SENTINELS KILLERS<br/>A SPOTTY HISTORY OF THE SPECKLED MONSTER<br/>GUT FEELING<br/>BEAUTY<br/>HOW A VIRUS SAVED A GIANT<br/>ZOMBIES<br/>ENEMYS ENEMY<br/>QUO VADIS?<br/>Notes<br/>List of Illustrations<br/>Acknowledgements Follow Penguin Copyright<br/>A VIRUS VANISHES
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 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Science › Life Sciences › Virology Science / Earth Sciences / General Science / History Science / Life Sciences / Biology Science / Life Sciences / Evolution Science / Life Sciences / Virology Social Science / Sociology / General
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        Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Processing Center 14/12/2021   616.910 1 LAL-I DCB4060 14/12/2021 14/12/2021 Book    
        Dept. of Malayalam Dept. of Malayalam   20/04/2022   616.9101 LAL/I R1 MAL63307 20/04/2022 20/04/2022 Book Dewey Decimal Classification 799.00