An exploration of the most common life form on Earthparasitesand how they provide insight into humanitys most difficult problemsIn this unique piece of popscience, one of the worlds preeminent experts on parasites reveals their astonishing, disgusting, weird, and fascinating behaviors and how they provide insight into humanitys most difficult problems.Squeamishness aside, what can humans learn from the most reviled yet misunderstood animals on Earth lice, tapeworms, and maggots that can eat a lizard from the inside? And how can these lessons help us negotiate a world characterized by pandemic disease, ethnic hatred, climate change, war, and internetdriven political chaos?Whether were learning to adapt to adverse conditions, accept our own limitations, or process new information in a frightening landscapewe can be sure a parasite did it first. Because sometimes, the answers to lifes biggest questions can be found by looking at the little things.

Binding: Paperback;336 pages; Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc; Classification: JF; Weight: 466 g; Dimensions: 140 x 210 x 25

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