I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life - Couverture rigide

Yong, Ed

 
9781847923288: I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
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ISBN 10 : 1847923283 ISBN 13 : 9781847923288
Editeur : Bodley Head, 2016

Synopsis

'Super-interesting … He just keeps imparting one surprising, fascinating insight after the next. I Contain Multitudes is science journalism at its best’ BILL GATES

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE 2017
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Selected as a Science Book of the Year by The Economist, The Times and Observer

Your body is teeming with tens of trillions of microbes. It’s an entire world, a colony full of life.

In other words, you contain multitudes.

These microscopic companions sculpt our organs, protect us from diseases, guide our behaviour, and bombard us with their genes. They also hold the key to understanding all life on earth.

In I Contain Multitudes, Ed Yong opens our eyes and invites us to marvel at ourselves and other animals in a new light, less as individuals and more as thriving ecosystems.

We learn the invisible and wondrous science behind the corals that construct mighty reefs and the squid that create their own light shows. We see how bacteria can alter our response to cancer-fighting drugs, tune our immune system, influence our evolution, and even modify our genetic make-up. And we meet the scientists who are manipulating these microscopic partners to our advantage.

In a million tiny ways, I Contain Multitudes will radically change how you think about the natural world, and how you see yourself.

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À propos de l?auteur

Ed Yong is an award-winning science writer who reports for The Atlantic. His blog, Not Exactly Rocket Science, is hosted by National Geographic, and his work has also appeared in Wired, the New York Times, Nature, the BBC, New Scientist, Scientific American, the Guardian, The Times and more. He lives in London.

You can find him on twitter @edyong209 and sign up to his weekly newsletter, The Ed's Up, on http://tinyletter.com/edyong209/.

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Éditeur
Bodley Head
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1847923283
ISBN 13 
9781847923288
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
368
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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ISBN 10 :  0062368605 ISBN 13 :  9780062368607
Editeur : Ecco, 2018
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