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Immune

A Journey into the Mysterious System That Keeps You Alive

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Immune

Autor: Philipp Dettmer
Czyta: Steve Taylor
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A deep dive into the immune system that will forever change how you think about your body, from the creator of the popular science YouTube channel Kurzgesagt—In a Nutshell

“Through wonderful analogies and a genius for clarifying complex ideas, Immune is a truly brilliant introduction to the human body’s vast system for fighting infections and other threats.”—John Green, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars

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 epic war is being fought, just below your skin. Millions are fighting and dying for you to be able to complain as you head out the door.

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. In Immune, Philipp Dettmer, the brains behind the most popular science channel on YouTube, takes readers on a journey through the fortress of the human body and its defenses. 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.

Each chapter delves into an element of the immune system, including defenses like antibodies and inflammation as well as threats like bacteria, allergies, and cancer, as Dettmer reveals why boosting your immune system is actually nonsense, how parasites sneak their way past your body’s defenses, how viruses work, and what goes on in your wounds when you cut yourself.

Enlivened by immersive descriptions, Immune turns one of the most intricate, interconnected, and confusing subjects—immunology—into a gripping adventure through an astonishing alien landscape. 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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“Immune is science communication at its most lucid and exhilarating, a tour de force of demystification. Dettmer maintains an intimate relationship with the reader while revealing the Homeric dramas that routinely unfold within us. It has a vivid clarity that never comes at the expense of the science—or the wonder, as if an entire scientific field had been translated into human.”—Ann Druyan, author of Cosmos: Possible Worlds

“Philipp Dettmer has a unique skill to show us the beauty and complexity of our world as it is revealed through a scientific understanding of it. In Immune he takes us on a tour through our own body and allows us to see and understand how our immune system actually works. A beautiful book about a complex system that our life depends on.”—Max Roser, founder of Our World in Data

“Immune reads like it’s a riveting sci-fi novel, as Philipp Dettmer takes you on a journey into the body for an up-close look at the armies of expert warriors, rogue gladiators, and stealthy detectives that protect you in the daily war against trillions of ruthless microbe enemies. By the end of the book, I understood my entire body far better than I ever had before. Immune is a delightful treat for the curious.”—Tim Urban, creator of Wait But Why

“Bringing both insight and humor to an important and relevant topic, Dettmer’s book is essential reading, especially in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.”—Library Journal
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i can only recommend this Audiobook
i really enjoyed it. the Reader has a very pleasant voice and the book ist very interesting and informative while the authors catchy metaphores and examples make this complex topic better to understand!

I would Love to listen to more kurzgesagt audiobooks!!!!

WOW!!!

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I have dozens of non fiction books in may library, but haven't wrote a review to non of them. The Immune from Philipp Dettmer is such a masterpiece that if it would be possible I would give it 10 out of 5 starts. Absolutely wonderful book. The way her explains one of these most complex systems in existence is truly amazing by itself. He managed to deliver information in very interesting and exciting manner, which at the same time is understandable. I truly enjoying the content of his YouTube channel and had no doubts on getting this book. And indeed, the book itself had overcome all my expectations.
Vielen Dank Philipp Dettmer.

Marvel from Kurzgesagt

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I loved it so much, i want to buy the book and appreciate the pictures as well

Best audiobook

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I've follow the YouTube channel for a while, I stopped watching YouTube videos as my hobby but I remember Kurzgesagt was not only interesting but beautiful visuals and narration.
This book is more of that. The Parts of this book are well-made, explaining the functions of the cells and after a lot of concepts explaining why autoimmune disease are really complicated.

Fantastic book

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Love the book so much that I have the physical copy and the audiobook in addition, especially as Steve Taylor is a really good (and very calming) narrator.

Amazing book and great narrator

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