Idan Ben Barak: 3 books
Why Aren't We Dead Yet?
the survivor’s guide to the immune system
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2014
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2015 BRAGG UNSW PRESS PRIZE FOR SCIENCE WRITING
Disease — specifically infectious disease — is what eventually kills the overwhelming majority of us. In fact, it’s amazing that it doesn’t get us sooner: we fight off millions of disease-causing germs every day.
So...
Warum sind wir eigentlich noch nicht tot?
Alles über unser Immunsystem
Language: German
Release Date: August 12, 2016
Wir sollten unserem Immunsystem ruhig mal danken! Es ist zwar nicht perfekt - auf Katzenhaare oder Birkenpollen reagiert es manchmal wie auf einen Angriff der Killerviren. Aber es ist unser Schutzschild gegen ein Heer von Krankmachern. Idan Ben-Barak erklärt, wie das gelingt. Krebs, Tuberkulose und...
The Invisible Kingdom
From the Tips of Our Fingers to the Tops of Our Trash, Inside the Curious World of Microbes
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2009
With the wit of Bill Bryson and the spirit of Natalie Angier, Idan Ben- Barak takes us on a fantastic voyage into the infinitesimal world of microbiology. In The Invisible Kingdom, he introduces us to the amazing lives and workings of genes, proteins, bacteria, and viruses, and the ways in which they...