Germs Are Us: Collaborating FOR LIFE - Couverture souple

Benarde Ph.D., Melvin A.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1500574880 ISBN 13 : 9781500574888

Editeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

Kirkus Review of Germs Are Us, July 2015 “Benarde covers everything you wanted to know about the interactions of humans and the microbes that live with us in this engrossing exploration of the human biome. The author brings together a wealth of scientific lore in prose that is interesting, accessible, and studded with entertaining anecdotes. His enthusiasm is, er, infectious…and mounts impassioned arguments on policy issues, including stinging attacks on opponents of genetically modified foods and childhood vaccinations… The result is a thought provoking reconsideration of our relationship with nature at the most intimate level… As always a fascinating guide to the ecosystem within.” Finally, a book that offers a refreshing view of the positive role germs play in our world. Germs Are Us is an attitude changer, sending anxiety and fear packing. Understanding is the key, and Germs Are Us provides that key. Consider it a guide for unlocking and revealing the myriad contributions microbes provide for our existence, wellbeing, and enjoyment. In Germs Are Us, we learn that our 10 trillion human cells and our 100 trillion microbial cells —that’s not a misprint — along with our 22,000 genes and their eight million genes, all co-mingled, create a supra-organism; a supra-human! “To banish microbes is to banish ourselves. They are the oldest living things on earth; they can live without us, as they have for billions of years. We cannot live without them.” - Melvin A. Benarde, Author

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Melvin A. Benarde Ph.D. has studied environmental issues and their impact on human health for more than five decades. He is the author of 12 books, including Race Against Famine, The Chemicals We Eat, Our Precarious Habitat, Global Warning: Global Warming, and You've Been Had: How Environmentalists and the Media Turned America into a Nation of Hypochondriacs. He has served as the Director of Temple University's Environmental Resource Center, Associate Director of the Environmental Studies Institute at Drexel University, and as a professor and Acting Chairman of the Dept. of Community Medicine at Hahnemann Medical School.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1500574880
• ISBN 13: 9781500574888
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 458
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg