Invisible empire : the natural history of Viruses (Record no. 345708)
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| fixed length control field | 01630nam a22001697a 4500 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
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| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20211124171841.0 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780670095766 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 306.4 LAL |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Lal, Pranay |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Invisible empire : the natural history of Viruses |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Gurugram |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Penguin Random House |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2021 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 278 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Viruses are the world's most abundant life form, and now, when humanity is in the midst of a close encounter with their immense power, perhaps the most feared. But do we understand viruses? Possibly the most enigmatic of living things, they are sometimes not considered a life form at all. Everything about them is extreme, including the reactions they evoke. However, for every truism about viruses, the opposite is also often true. So complex and diverse is the world of viruses that it merits being labelled an empire unto itself. And whether we see them as alive or dead, as life-threatening or life-affirming, there is an ineluctable beauty, even a certain elegance, in the way viruses go about their lives-or so Pranay Lal tells us in Invisible Empire: The Natural History of Viruses.<br/><br/>This is a book that defies categorisation. It brings together science, history and great storytelling to paint a fascinating picture of viruses as a major actor, not just in human civilisation but also in the human body. With rare photographs, paintings, illustrations and anecdotes, it is a magnificent and an extremely relevant book for our times, when we are attempting to understand viruses and examining their role in the lives of humans. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Human Civilization |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Cost, normal purchase price | Total checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Date last checked out | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Not Missing | Not Damaged | Gandhi Smriti Library | Gandhi Smriti Library | 2021-11-24 | 799.00 | 1 | 306.4 LAL | 163679 | 2022-01-10 | 2021-11-25 | 2021-11-24 | Books |