Immune : a journey into the mysterious system that keep you alive
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New York : Random House, [2021].
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Book
ISBN
9780593241318, 0593241312
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Brownell Library - Adult Non-Fiction | 616.079 DET | On Shelf |
Burnham Memorial Library - Adult Non-Fiction | 616.07 DET | On Shelf |
Fletcher Free Library - 3rd Floor - Adult Non-Fiction | 616.079 DET 2021 | On Shelf |
Gilbert Hart Library - Adult Non-Fiction | 616.07 Dettmer, P | On Shelf |
Jericho Town Library - Adult Non-Fiction | Health & Wellness DET | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Random House, [2021].
Physical Desc
xviii, 341 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780593241318, 0593241312
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 317) and index.
Description
"You wake up and feel a tickle in your throat. Your head hurts. You’re mildly annoyed as you get the kids ready for school and dress for work yourself. Meanwhile, an epic war is being fought, just below your skin. Millions are fighting and dying for you to be able to complain as you head out the door.
But most of us never really stop to ask: What even is our immune system?
Second only to the human brain in its complexity, it is one of the oldest and most critical facets of life on Earth. Without it, you would die within days. In Immune, Philipp Dettmer, the brains behind the most popular science channel on YouTube, takes readers on a journey through the fortress of the human body and its defenses. There is a constant battle of staggering scale raging within us, full of stories of invasion, strategy, defeat, and noble self-sacrifice. In fact, in the time you’ve been reading this, your immune system has probably identified and eradicated a cancer cell that started to grow in your body.
Each chapter delves into an element of the immune system, including defenses like antibodies and inflammation as well as threats like bacteria, allergies, and cancer, as Dettmer reveals why boosting your immune system is actually nonsense, how parasites sneak their way past your body’s defenses, how viruses work, and what goes on in your wounds when you cut yourself."--,Amazon.com
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Dettmer, P. (2021). Immune: a journey into the mysterious system that keep you alive (First edition.). Random House.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Dettmer, Philipp. 2021. Immune: A Journey Into the Mysterious System That Keep You Alive. Random House.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Dettmer, Philipp. Immune: A Journey Into the Mysterious System That Keep You Alive Random House, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Dettmer, Philipp. Immune: A Journey Into the Mysterious System That Keep You Alive First edition., Random House, 2021.
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