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Title: I CONTAIN MULTITUDES
THE MICROBES WITHIN US AND A GRANDER VIEW OF LIFE
By: Ed Yong
Format: Paperback

List price: £14.99


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ISBN 10: 1847924182
ISBN 13: 9781847924186
Publisher: VINTAGE PUBLISHING
Pub. date: 18 August, 2016
Pages: 368
Description: Your body is teeming with tens of trillions of microbes. These microscopic companions sculpt our organs, protect us from diseases, guide our behaviour, and bombard us with their genes. In a million tiny ways, this book aims to radically change the way you think about the natural world, and the way you see yourself.
Synopsis: SHORTLISTED FOR THE WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE 2017. 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 the way you think about the natural world, and the way you see yourself.
Publication: UK
Imprint: The Bodley Head Ltd
Returns: Returnable
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