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Immune

A journey into the mysterious system that keeps you alive. From Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

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By: Philipp Dettmer
Narrated by: Steve Taylor
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The immersive deep dive into your immune system from the brains behind the most popular science channel on YouTube, KURZGESAGT - IN A NUTSHELL. Narrated by Steve Taylor, the unforgettable voice of Kurzgesagt videos.

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 utterly epic war is being fought, just below your skin.
Each chapter delves deeply into an element of the immune system, including:
· Defences like antibodies and inflammation
· Threats like viruses, bacteria, allergies and cancer
· Why boosting your immune system is actually nonsense
· How parasites sneak their way past your body's defences
· How viruses - including the coronavirus - work
· What goes on in your wounds when you cut yourself

So what, exactly, IS your 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. Immune takes readers on a journey through the fortress of the human body and its defences. 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.

Immune turns one of the most intricate and confusing subjects - immunology - into a gripping adventure. Challenging what you know and think about your own body Immune is a vital and remarkably fun crash course in what is arguably, and increasingly, the most important system in the body.
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'A truly brilliant introduction to the human body's vast system for fighting infections and other threats'
JOHN GREEN, bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars

(P) 2021 Hodder & Stoughton Limited©2021 Philipp Dettmer Physical Illness & Disease Science
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Some parts are definitely hard to digest, but I encourage you to finish it because the global understanding and the few advice on how to have an immune system that works well are worth it!
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Deep dive but rather fun and enlightening explanation

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I really like that they used the same voice from the channel. very clear and engaging.
Thank you for writing this book, and for making it available in audio format.

Loved it!

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A must read if you wish to better understand the intricate defences orchestrated by your body to keep you alive.
Thank you for allowing me to grasp the essentials of such a complex topic and put things into perspective.

A must read

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The analogies are very illuminating and also a lot of fun. This book should be compulsory reading as much as possible. Although difficult, it would at least teach people to be respectful of scientists and to appreciate how lucky we are that there are still intelligent people who care more about helping people than about having power and getting obscenely rich.

Mindboggling complexity but tremendously illuminating

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