Gives a history of the appearance of the Ebola and Marburg viruses and details the characteristics of the Ebola virus and techniques used to research it. Ebola, or hemorrhagic fever (Ebola HF), is a disease that affects both humans and nonhuman primates, including monkeys, gorillas, and chimpanzee.
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Commonwealth Saga 2 - Judas Unchained
It is around the year AD2400 and a war between humans and Gaens is raging over many starsystems. Against this backdrop, Captain Wilson Kime confides to Paula Myo, chief investigator at the Intersolar Serious Crimes Directorate, his belief that humans are being manipulated. With the help of the one creature she can trust, Qatux, a Raiel, Paula Myo's team set out on an investigation to discover the unknown entity responsible for corrupting the humans, which leads to a race against time as both humans and Gaen hurry to deploy their new doomsday weapons.
One of the world's leading neuroscientists explores how best to understand the human condition by examining the biological, psychological, and highly social nature of our species within the social context of our lives. What happened along the evolutionary trail that made humans so unique? In his widely accessible style, Michael Gazzaniga looks to a broad range of studies to pinpoint the change that made us thinking, sentient humans, different from our predecessors.
The rhinoceros’s horn and massive leathery frame belie its docile and solitary nature, causing the animal to be consistently perceived by humans as a monster to be feared. Kelly Enright now deftly sifts fact from fiction in Rhinoceros.
The 100 Most Important Chemical Compounds: A Reference Guide
In public, school, and academic libraries, there is a need for clearly written, not-too-technical information about chemicals. This source “discusses the chemistry, history, and uses of significant compounds that have affected humans throughout history.
