{"product_id":"9781728292526-life-lessons-from-a-parasite-what-tapeworms-lice-and-roundworms-can-teach-us-about-humanitys-most-difficult-problems","title":"Jr. John Janovy - Life Lessons From A Parasite What Tapeworms Lice And Roundworms Can Teach Us About Humanity's Most Difficult Problems - Paperback","description":"Binding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\nDescription: In nature as in society the parasites outnumber the hosts. John Janovy Jr. offers the parasites view of this situation. The result is smart funny and all too revealing. Elizabeth Kolbert staff writer for The New Yorker and New York Times bestselling author of The Sixth Extinction The answers to life's biggest questions can be found by looking at the little things Though you may not be able to see them with the naked eye parasites minuscule life forms that live inside other organisms inhabit our everyday lives. From headlice to bird droppings litterboxes to unfiltered water you have brushed up against the most common way of life on our planet. In this unique book John Janovy Jr. one of the world's preeminent experts on parasites reveals what humans can learn from the most reviled yet misunderstood animals on Earth: lice tapeworms flukes and maggots that can eat a lizard from the inside and how these lessons help us negotiate our own complicated world. Whether we're learning to adapt to adverse conditions accept our own limitations or process new information in an ever - changing landscape we can be sure a parasite did it first. At once peculiar and profound Life Lessons from a Parasite makes a case for using knowledge of the natural world with all its wonderful mysteries and quirks to tackle our worst problems.\u003cbr\u003e\nTitle: Life Lessons From A Parasite What Tapeworms Lice And Roundworms Can Teach Us About Humanity's Most Difficult Problems\u003cbr\u003e\nAuthor(s): Jr. John Janovy\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: Sourcebooks Inc\u003cbr\u003e\nBarcode: 9781728292526\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 336 Pages\u003cbr\u003e\nPublication Date: 8\/20\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\nCategory: Wildlife: General Interest","brand":"Jr. John Janovy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51336369111345,"sku":"IN-G-9781728292526","price":15.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/6759\/9594\/files\/9781728292526.jpg?v=1746965155","url":"https:\/\/bookdelivered.com\/products\/9781728292526-life-lessons-from-a-parasite-what-tapeworms-lice-and-roundworms-can-teach-us-about-humanitys-most-difficult-problems","provider":"Book Delivered","version":"1.0","type":"link"}