Book review: A planet of viruses

Book review: A planet of viruses A uthor: Carl Zimmer  Review written by Samarpita Saha Chhnoa  BRAC University ID: 22301587      This fascinating book explores the mystical world of viruses—a world that we all inhabit. In an exceptional way, the author reaches the theme - virus, in which, in so few words, he gives us a light on the world that is invisible to us. Here Carl Zimmer is a popular science writer, blogger, columnist and author of Discover magazine’s award-winning blog The Loom. In this eye-opening tour of the march of biology, where scientists are expanding our understanding of life as we know it, we learn that some treatments for the common cold may do more harm than good; that the world’s oceans are home to an astonishing number of viruses; and that the evolution of HIV is now in overdrive, spawning more mutated strains than we care to imagine. Zimmer starts the book with a deep dive into the cave of crystals. The cave was discovered in 2000. The sc...