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The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
Ed Yong: I Contain Multitudes Ed Yong: I Contain Multitudes Ed Yong: I Contain Multitudes Ed Yong: I Contain Multitudes

Joining ​the ranks of popular science classics like The Botany of Desire and The Selfish Gene, a groundbreaking, wondrously informative, and vastly entertaining examination of the most significant revolution in biology since Darwin—a “microbe’s-eye view” of the world that reveals a marvelous, radically reconceived picture of life on earth.

Every animal, whether human, squid, or wasp, is home to millions of bacteria and other microbes. Ed Yong, whose humor is as evident as his erudition, prompts us to look at ourselves and our animal companions in a new light—less as individuals and more as the interconnected, interdependent multitudes we assuredly are.

The microbes in our bodies are part of our immune systems and protect us from disease. In the deep oceans, mysterious creatures without mouths or guts depend on microbes for all their energy. Bacteria provide squid with invisibility cloaks, help beetles to bring down forests, and allow worms to cause diseases that… (tovább)

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Ecco, New York, 2018
256 oldal · puhatáblás · ISBN: 0062368605
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Vintage, London, 2017
354 oldal · puhatáblás · ISBN: 9781784700171
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Ecco, New York, 2016
368 oldal · keménytáblás · ISBN: 0062368591

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