Description
Join science expert Dr Ben Martynoga and illustrator extraordinaire Moose Allain on a fascinating, sometimes funny, and occasionally scary journey through the world of viruses. Explore the science behind viruses and the COVID-19 pandemic in a fascinating story of hijacked human cells and our own internal emergency services. Along the way, you'll learn what viruses are, how they work, and how we can overcome - or at least learn to live alongside - those that do us harm.
WHERE DID IT COME FROM, AND HOW CAN WE BEAT IT? It's 15,000 times smaller than a flea and we can kill it with a bar of soap - so how did a tiny, fragile virus change the world?
About the Author
Dr Ben Martynoga is a neuroscientist and science writer. After more than a decade at the forefront of brain research, he swapped his white coat for a pen. He has written on everything from the history of biology through to the latest technological innovations, running, stress and creativity. Always working to open up the hard science and find a compelling angle, he publishes books, chapters, blogs, videos and podcasts. His work appears in the Guardian, New Statesman, the i newspaper, the Financial Times and beyond. He lives, works, wanders and wonders in the Lake District. Moose Allain is an artist and cartoonist. Moose's cartoons have feature regularly in Private Eye and The Literary Review, and his prolific humorous Tweets have won him fans worldwide.
Reviews
I can't think of a more interesting or relevant book for our times - everyone needs to read this! * LoveReading *
A riveting read for young readers and adults alike * The Letter Press Project *
The book is so engaging and informative that I immediately sent it to my grandson, with the hope that his parents will also read it. * Professor Venki Ramakrishnan (Nobel Prize-winner and President of the Royal Society) *
Book Information
ISBN 9781788452106
Author Ben Martynoga
Format Paperback
Page Count 160
Imprint David Fickling Books
Publisher David Fickling Books
Weight(grams) 143g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 12mm
WHERE DID IT COME FROM, AND HOW CAN WE BEAT IT? It's 15,000 times smaller than a flea and we can kill it with a bar of soap - so how did a tiny, fragile virus change the world?
About the Author
Dr Ben Martynoga is a neuroscientist and science writer. After more than a decade at the forefront of brain research, he swapped his white coat for a pen. He has written on everything from the history of biology through to the latest technological innovations, running, stress and creativity. Always working to open up the hard science and find a compelling angle, he publishes books, chapters, blogs, videos and podcasts. His work appears in the Guardian, New Statesman, the i newspaper, the Financial Times and beyond. He lives, works, wanders and wonders in the Lake District. Moose Allain is an artist and cartoonist. Moose's cartoons have feature regularly in Private Eye and The Literary Review, and his prolific humorous Tweets have won him fans worldwide.
Reviews
I can't think of a more interesting or relevant book for our times - everyone needs to read this! * LoveReading *
A riveting read for young readers and adults alike * The Letter Press Project *
The book is so engaging and informative that I immediately sent it to my grandson, with the hope that his parents will also read it. * Professor Venki Ramakrishnan (Nobel Prize-winner and President of the Royal Society) *
Book Information
ISBN 9781788452106
Author Ben Martynoga
Format Paperback
Page Count 160
Imprint David Fickling Books
Publisher David Fickling Books
Weight(grams) 143g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 12mm
