毒特物種（2023年全新改版）: 從致命武器到救命解藥，看有毒生物如何成為地球上最出色的生化魔術師
- ISBN-10
- 6267356264
- ISBN-13
- 9786267356265
- Category
- Nature / General
- Pages
- 70
- Language
- Chinese
- Published
- 2023-12-07
- Publisher
- 馬可孛羅
- Author
- 克莉絲蒂．威爾科克斯
Description
小心有毒？！
卸下防備（牠們又不會從書裡跳出來咬你）、拋開恐懼（
全面扭轉你對有毒動物或毒液刻板看法的一本書
一提到有毒生物，你的腦海裡會浮現什麼畫面？
成群嗡鳴的蜜蜂、尾巴翹得老高的蠍子、張開血盆大口的眼鏡蛇，
被咬一口肯定會痛到想飆粗話、
還是對殺人於無形的毒液感到萬分恐懼？
又或者，
因為牠們的神祕與未知而萌生好奇？
數千年來，人類對毒液深感著迷，無論是它迅速發揮功效的能力，
威爾科克斯以生動口吻敘述有毒動物研究人員如何「以身犯險」（
作者在說故事的過程中，
書系共同策畫──清華大學生命科學系副教授 黃貞祥
專文延伸閱讀──國立臺灣師範大學生命科學系退休教授 杜銘章
方力行（國立海洋生物博物館創建館長）
張東君（科普作家）
顏聖紘（國立中山大學生物科學系副教授）
羅時成（長庚大學生醫系客座教授）
──同聲推薦
★ 《史密森尼》雜誌2016年度最佳科普書籍
★ 科技部落格Ars Technica 2016年度非小說類最佳書籍
▍好評推薦
★ 威爾科克斯是一位知道如何說出生動故事的科學家，
──《落毒事件簿》作者 黛博拉．布魯姆
★ 我在墨西哥沙漠露宿時被蠍子螫了，就此重燃對有毒生物的興趣，
──動物學家 馬克．卡沃汀
★ 威爾科克斯傾力研究有毒動物……提醒我們毒液是具有醫學潛力的「
──《自然》芭芭拉．凱瑟
★ 本書帶領我們遨遊這個令人興奮的生物領域。
──《華爾街日報》珍妮．史密斯
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