The Amoeba in the Room: Lives of the Microbes

Zusatztext "Money's light-hearted writing helps prevent the lingo from becoming overwhelming, though, and readers who can weather the tricky language will find a fascinating and strange new world." Informationen zum Autor Nicholas P. Money is Professor of Botany and Western Program Director at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He is the author of more than 70 peer-reviewed papers on fungal biology and has authored four books, including, Mr. Bloomfield's Orchard, The Mysterious World of Mushrooms, Molds, and Mycologists (2002), and Mushroom (2011) described by Nature magazine as a 'brilliant scientific and cultural exploration' of his research subject. Klappentext Exploring the variety of the microbial world, Nicholas P. Money argues for a radical change of perspective. As molecular methods discover vast numbers of new viruses and bacteria, it is becoming clear that microbial life dominates and runs the planet. Zusammenfassung Exploring the variety of the microbial world, Nicholas P. Money argues for a radical change of perspective. As molecular methods discover vast numbers of new viruses and bacteria, it is becoming clear that microbial life dominates and runs the planet. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface 1: Eden 2: Lenses 3: Leviathan 4: Dirt and Water 5: Air 6: Naked Ape 7: Vulcan's Forge and Dante's Hell 8: New Jerusalem Endnotes

Product details

• Authors: Nicholas P Money, Nicholas P. Money, Nicholas P. (Professor of Botany Money, Money Nicholas P.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Trade
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.03.2014
• EAN: 9780199665938
• ISBN: 978-0-19-966593-8
• Dimensions: 143 mm x 224 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Microbiology (non-medical), popular science, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Microbiology