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The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health
David R. Montgomery
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Description for The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health
Paperback. A riveting account of how emerging science about microbes, plants and our own bodies can revolutionise agriculture and medicine. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: PSG; VFD; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 211 x 22. Weight in Grams: 252.
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 Bikle 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 Bikle's efforts to turn a barren patch of ground into a flourishing garden, and Bikle'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 ... Read more
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 Bikle 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 Bikle's efforts to turn a barren patch of ground into a flourishing garden, and Bikle'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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393353372
SKU
V9780393353372
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-24
About David R. Montgomery
David R. Montgomery is a professor of geomorphology at the University of Washington. He lives in Seattle with his wife, Anne Bikle, and Loki, their guide-dog dropout. 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.
Reviews for The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health
A beautifully synthesized scientific memoir.
Barbara Kiser - Nature A must-read for avid gardeners, those interested in bolstering our precarious food supply, or anyone remotely concerned about their health and the soil under their feet.
Kirkus Reviews The Hidden Half of Nature offers a wonderfully fresh and exquisitely informed approach that could change how ... Read more
Barbara Kiser - Nature A must-read for avid gardeners, those interested in bolstering our precarious food supply, or anyone remotely concerned about their health and the soil under their feet.
Kirkus Reviews The Hidden Half of Nature offers a wonderfully fresh and exquisitely informed approach that could change how ... Read more