The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health - Couverture souple

Montgomery, David R.; Biklé, Anne

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0393353370 ISBN 13 : 9780393353372

Editeur : WW Norton & Co, 2016

Synopsis

A riveting account of how emerging science about microbes, plants and our own bodies can revolutionise agriculture and medicine.

Our world is built on an invisible one we are barely beginning to understand. In The Hidden Half of Nature, geologist David R. Montgomery and biologist Anne Biklé argue that Earth's smallest creatures microbes could fundamentally change how we grow food, what we eat and how we practise medicine.

The Hidden Half of Nature shares Montgomery and Biklé's efforts to turn a barren patch of ground into a flourishing garden, and Biklé's struggle with cancer. Taking readers deep into the science and history of agriculture and immunology, they show that microbes can provide powerful solutions to the problems plaguing modern agriculture as well as our own bodies. A spellbinding story, The Hidden Half of Nature reveals how we can restore fertility to the land and defeat chronic diseases.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

David R. Montgomery is a professor of geomorphology at the University of Washington and a 2008 MacArthur Fellow. He is the author of The Rocks Don't Lie and other award-winning popular science books. Anne Bikle is a biologist and environmental planner. Her career spans the fields of environmental stewardship, habitat restoration, and public health. The Hidden Half of Nature is her first book.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: WW Norton & Co
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0393353370
• ISBN 13: 9780393353372
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
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• Personne responsable: non disponible