Riddled with Life: Friendly Worms, Ladybug Sex, and the Parasites That Make Us Who We Are (Paperback)

from MarthaJeanne

This was fairly interesting, but it got to be a bit much by the end. I read this in German, and I suspect that the style problems that caused me to mark it down somewhat are due to the translation. There are also several places where a negative sentence only makes sense in context if it should be...

from kaitanya64

A fun, readable explanation of the role that other organisms have played and continue to play in human evolution and health.

from satyridae

There's a huge ick factor in this book, which deals in worms and other parasites of humanity, as well as the evolution of immune systems and infectious agents. The science is fascinating, and the conclusions amply supported by Darwinian reasoning. Perhaps we've been too hasty in trying to rid our...

from haikupatriot

Fascinating scientific information Author has a sense of humor that prevents the topic of this book from being dry

from haikupatriot

Fascinating scientific information Author has a sense of humor that prevents the topic of this book from being dry