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Panic in level 4 : cannibals, killer viruses, and other journeys to the edge of science / Richard Preston.

By: Preston, Richard, 1954-Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Random House, c2008Description: xli, 188 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: 9781400064908 (alk. paper); 1400064902 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Medicine, Popular | Science | Science writersLOC classification: RC81 | .P856 2008
Contents:
The mountains of Pi A death in the forest The search for ebola The human Kabbalah The lost unicorn The self-cannibals.
Summary: Dramatic true stories about the frightening forces and constructive discoveries that are currently roiling and reordering our world. Science is used in different ways in different disciplines in these tales. Computer experts find out more about Pi ; biologists try to stop the death of trees because of imported bug; medical experts try to understand ebola, scientists learn more about DNA; museum conservators use computers and other analysis to restore a tapestry; medical scientists begin to understand and control cases of self-cannibals.
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"Portions of this book appeared in different form in The New Yorker."

The mountains of Pi A death in the forest The search for ebola The human Kabbalah The lost unicorn The self-cannibals.

Dramatic true stories about the frightening forces and constructive discoveries that are currently roiling and reordering our world. Science is used in different ways in different disciplines in these tales. Computer experts find out more about Pi ; biologists try to stop the death of trees because of imported bug; medical experts try to understand ebola, scientists learn more about DNA; museum conservators use computers and other analysis to restore a tapestry; medical scientists begin to understand and control cases of self-cannibals.

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