A Planet of Viruses

  • A Planet of Viruses: Second Edition
    A Planet of Viruses: Second Edition
    By Carl Zimmer

    In this compact volume, he tells the story of how the smallest living things known to science can bring an entire planet of people to a halt--and what we can learn from how we've defeated them in the past.

  • A Planet of Viruses: Third Edition
    A Planet of Viruses: Third Edition
    By Carl Zimmer

    Introduction. "A contagious living fluid" : tobacco mosaic virus and the discovery of the virosphere -- Old companions.

  • A Planet of Viruses: Second Edition
    A Planet of Viruses: Second Edition
    By Carl Zimmer

    Zimmer, the popular science writer and author of National Geographic's award-winning blog The Loom, has updated this edition to include the stories of new outbreaks, such as Ebola, MERS, and chikungunya virus; new scientific discoveries, ...

  • A Planet of Viruses: Third Edition
    A Planet of Viruses: Third Edition
    By Carl Zimmer

    Fully revised and updated, with new illustrations and a new chapter about coronaviruses and the spread of Covid-19, this third edition of Carl Zimmer’s A Planet of Viruses pulls back the veil on this hidden world.

  • A Planet of Viruses
    A Planet of Viruses
    By Carl Zimmer

    Meanwhile, scientists are discovering viruses everywhere they look: in the soil, in the ocean, even in caves miles underground. This fascinating book explores the hidden world of viruses—a world that we all inhabit.