Invisible Friends (eBook)

How Microbes Shape Our Lives and the World Around Us

Jake Robinson (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023
Pelagic Publishing (Verlag)
9781784274344 (ISBN)

Infos

As we continue to live through a pandemic, all eyes are on microbes: an imperceptible and pervasive threat that hangs heavy on the air and clings to surfaces. But the reality of micro-organisms is far more diverse and life-sustaining than such a notion would have us believe (hence the title of this book). Not only are they omnipresent, but we are highly attuned to their workings - both in the world at large and right here within our own bodies. Meanwhile, cutting-edge microbiome research is changing our understanding of reality, challenging fundamental concepts of free will and individuality. Threaded through everything are microbes: the very glue that holds ecosystems together.This topical, engaging and original book counters the prevailing narrative of microbes as the bane of society, along the way providing much-needed clarity on the overwhelmingly beneficial role they play. We discover how the microbiome is highly relevant to environmental and social equity issues, while there s also discussion about how microbes may influence our decisions: even the way we think about how we think may need to be revisited. Invisible Friends introduces the reader to a vast, pullulating cohort of minute life friends you never knew you had.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.3.2023
• Zusatzinfo: Black & white illustrations
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Mikrobiologie / Immunologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Schlagworte: beneficial microbes • ecosystem • Human Biology • human body • microbes • Microbiology • microbiome • Parasitology
• ISBN-13: 9781784274344 / 9781784274344