WHY AREN’T WE DEAD YET: THE SURVIVOR’S GUIDE TO THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
Book ID/图书代码： 11980513B60182
English Summary/英文概要： Disease — specifically infectious disease — is what eventually kills the overwhelming majority of us. In fact, it’s amazing that it doesn’t get us sooner: we fight off millions of disease-causing germs every day.
So why aren’t we dead yet? In this lively and accessible book, Idan Ben-Barak tells us why. He explores the immune system and what keeps it running, how germs are destroyed, and why we develop immunities to certain disease-causing agents, and he examines the role of antibiotics and vaccines. Ben-Barak also looks at what the future holds for our collective chances of not being dead. That is, of course, if we manage not to die by then; let’s hang in there.
This is entertaining and thoughtful science writing in the tradition of Natalie Angier’s The Canon and Sam Kean’s The Disappearing Spoon, with the wit and verve of Bill Bryson.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 疾病----尤其是传染性疾病---是最终杀害了我们中极大一部分人群的杀手。事实上，令我们都颇感惊奇的是，这些疾病至今还没有战胜我们人类：我们不断地与成千上百万种疾病进行着斗争----而它们更是日日引起病菌的滋生。
那么，又是出于何种原因使得我们至今仍然活着呢？在这本生动活泼且简单易懂的小书中，伊丹•本•巴拉克将为我们揭开其原因。他对免疫系统及维持其运转的原因进行了探究，了解病菌是如何被摧毁，以及为何我们会对某些疾病产生免疫抗体，此外他还研究了抗生素与疫苗所扮演的角色。本•巴拉克远观了在未来进程中，人类集体不会死亡的可能性概率。当然那就意味着，如果我们想要努力的活下去；我们就必须保持现在的状态。
本书继承了娜塔莉•安吉尔的 “The Canon”和萨姆•基恩的“The Disappearing Spoon”等书籍娱乐精神和发人深思的科学写作文风，同时又不乏比尔•布里森作品的睿智与精髓。（DC）
Awards/获奖情况：Attached is a pdf of the book and here’s a link to a recent article that appeared in the Daily Mail in the UK, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2810205/The-real-reason-feel-ghastly-catch-cold-s-immune-s-fault.html
About the Author/作者介绍： 伊丹•本•巴拉克拥有医药科学学士学位及微生物学硕士学位，毕业于耶路撒冷大学哈达萨医学院，目前作者正于悉尼大学攻读历史学和哲学博士学位。他初次涉猎写作源于向《新科学》杂志投稿了一些特立独行的小说作品。其第一部书籍作品《小小惊奇》，已于2008年由Scribe出版发行，迄今已被译为五国语言。
IDAN BEN-BARAK holds a BSc in medical science and an MSc in microbiology from the Hadassah School of Medicine at the University of Jerusalem, and is currently working towards a PhD in the history and philosophy of science at the University of Sydney. His first foray into writing for a popular readership was submitting a couple of quirky pieces of fiction to New Scientist. His first book, Small Wonders, was published by Scribe in 2008 and has been translated into five languages to date.
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