I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes within Us and a Grander View of Life

ISBN-13: 9780062368607 Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Publication date: 01/16/2018 Edition description: Reprint Pages: 368 Sales rank: 21,734 Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.80(h) x 1.20(d) The New York Times BestsellerFrom Pulitzer Prize winner Ed Yong, a groundbreaking, wondrously informative, and vastly entertaining examination of the most significant revolution in biology since Darwin—a “microbe’s-eye view” of the world that reveals a marvelous, radically reconceived picture of life on earth.Every animal, whether human, squid, or wasp, is home to millions of bacteria and other microbes. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ed Yong, whose humor is as evident as his erudition, prompts us to look at ourselves and our animal companions in a new light—less as individuals and more as the interconnected, interdependent multitudes we assuredly are.The microbes in our bodies are part of our immune systems and protect us from disease. In the deep oceans, mysterious creatures without mouths or