Hachette India

Good Virus

Tom Ireland

CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 BY WATERSTONES AND THE TIMES

The viruses that do us harm are vastly outnumbered by viruses that can actually save lives. These good viruses are called 'phages', and they are the most abundant life form on Earth.

The Good Virus reveals how these weird and wonderful microbes shape our health, support our ecosystems and could be the future of medicine.

Classification : Popular Science
Pub Date : JUN 27, 2024
Imprint : Hodder Press
Page Extent : 400
Binding : PB
ISBN : 9781529365283
Price : INR 799

Tom Ireland

Tom Ireland is a freelance science journalist and award-winning magazine editor. As a freelance journalist he has written science stories for outlets including BBC News, New Scientist and the Observer. He is the editor of The Biologist, the magazine of the Royal Society of Biology. In 2021 he won the Giles St Aubyn Award for Non-Fiction for The Good Virus.