CARL ZIMMER writes about science for the New York Times and other publications and is the author of eight books, including
Parasite Rex, Soul Made Flesh, and Microcosm. He is a lecturer at Yale University, where he teaches writing about science and the
environment, and visiting scholar at the Science, Health, and Environment Reporting Program at New York University’s Arthur L. Carter
Journalism Institute.
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The essays in this book were written for the World of Viruses project, funded by the National Center for Research Resources at the
National Institutes of Health through the Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) Grant No. R25 RR024267 (2007–2012). Its
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http://www.worldofviruses.unl.edu for more information and free educational materials about viruses. World of Viruses is a project of the
University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
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Zimmer, Carl, 1966–
A planet of viruses / Carl Zimmer.
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