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Author:
Fueyo, Juan, author.
Title:
Viral : la historia de la eterna lucha de la humanidad contra los virus / Juan Fueyo.
Edition:
Primera edición: enero de 2021.
Publisher:
Ediciones B,
Copyright Date:
2021
Description:
431 pages : illlustrations ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Epidemics--History.
Viruses.
COVID-19 (Disease)
Cancer--Treatment.
Epidemias.
Virus.
Cáncer.
Cancer--Treatment.
COVID-19 (Disease)
Epidemics.
Viruses.
History.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
Viral es una gran aventura científica y humanista que explora los virus que han envenenado nuestro universo y puesto en riesgo la supervivencia de la humanidad hasta la situación actual. Escrito desde una perspectiva científica, biológica y medica, el libro tiene un marcado componente humanístico transmitido en las múltiples e interesantes anecdotas históricas, filosóficas, artísticas, literarias y de otras disciplinas--como la física y la astrofísica-, que lo convierte en el libro de divulgación científica de referencia de la pandemia. El autor explora, con un estilo vibrante y el rigor del investigador, la importancia de los virus en la lucha contra el cáncer, así como su inquietante uso en bioterrorismo. Dedica páginas muy valiosas a las pandemias, alertando a los lectores de los peligros que entrañarán los virus en el futuro.
Viral is a great scientific and humanistic adventure that explores the viruses that have poisoned our universe and put the survival of humanity at risk until the current situation. Written from a scientific, biological and medical perspective, the book has a marked humanistic component transmitted in the multiple and interesting historical, philosophical, artistic, literary anecdotes and of other disciplines--such as physics and astrophysics--which makes it the book pandemic reference science outreach the author explores, with a vibrant style and investigator rigor, the importance of viruses in the fight against cancer, as well as their disturbing use in bioterrorism. It dedicates invaluable pages to pandemics, alerting readers to the dangers that viruses will pose in the future.
ISBN:
8466669132
9788466669139
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1225068299
Locations:
GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

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