Parasite Rex: Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's Most Dangerous Creatures by Carl Zimmer

Parasite Rex: Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's Most Dangerous Creatures

Carl Zimmer

306 pages first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction nature science challenging informative slow-paced
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For centuries, parasites have lived in nightmares, horror stories, and in the darkest shadows of science. Now award-winning writer Carl Zimmer takes us on a fantastic voyage into the secret parasite universe we actually live in but haven't recogni...

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informative 94%
challenging 16%
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mysterious 11%
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funny 5%
lighthearted 5%
reflective 5%

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