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March of the Microbes: Sighting the Unseen

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Description for March of the Microbes: Sighting the Unseen Paperback. Shows us how we can, in fact, see microorganisms - and appreciate their vast and varied role in nature and our lives. This title also shows us how to examine, study, and appreciate microbes in the manner of a birdwatcher, by making sightings of microbial activities and thereby identifying particular microbes as well as understanding what they do. Num Pages: 336 pages, 38 figures. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 308.

Though nothing in the natural world would be quite the same without them, microbes go mostly unnoticed. They are the tiny, mighty force behind the pop in Champagne and the holes in Swiss cheese, the granite walls of Yosemite and the white cliffs of Dover, the workings of snowmaking machines, Botox, and gunpowder; and yet we tend to regard them as peripheral, disease-causing, food-spoiling troublemakers. In this book renowned microbiologist John Ingraham rescues these supremely important and ubiquitous microorganisms from their unwonted obscurity by showing us how we can, in fact, see them—and appreciate their vast and varied role in ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass., United States
ISBN
9780674064096
SKU
V9780674064096
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-32

About John L. Ingraham
John L. Ingraham is Professor of Microbiology, Emeritus, at the University of California, Davis. Roberto Kolter is a Professor at Harvard Medical School and Co-Director of Harvard’s Microbial Sciences Initiative. He is also co-blogger at Small Things Considered.

Reviews for March of the Microbes: Sighting the Unseen
March of the Microbes is an impressive, entertaining tour of life's invisible realm. Combining history with new scientific discoveries, John Ingraham shows how microbes make their presence felt everywhere. You just have to know how to look for it. After reading this book, you will.
Carl Zimmer, author of Microcosm: E. coli and the New Science of Life Traverse ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for March of the Microbes: Sighting the Unseen


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