(Download) I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life By Ed Yong (Auth

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TheNewYorkTimesBestsellerFromPulitzerPrizewinnerEdYong,a groundbreaking,wondrouslyinformative,andvastlyentertaining examinationofthemostsignificantrevolutioninbiologysinceDarwin —a“microbe’s-eyeview”oftheworldthatrevealsamarvelous, radicallyreconceivedpictureoflifeonearth. Everyanimal,whether human,squid,orwasp,ishometomillionsofbacteriaandother microbes.PulitzerPrize-winningauthorEdYong,whosehumorisas evidentashiserudition,promptsustolookatourselvesandouranimal companionsinanewlight—lessasindividualsandmoreasthe interconnected,interdependentmultitudesweassuredlyare. The microbesinourbodiesarepartofourimmunesystemsandprotectus

fromdisease.Inthedeepoceans,mysteriouscreatureswithoutmouths orgutsdependonmicrobesforalltheirenergy.Bacteriaprovidesquid withinvisibilitycloaks,helpbeetlestobringdownforests,andallow wormstocausediseasesthatafflictmillionsofpeople.Manypeople thinkofmicrobesasgermstobeeradicated,butthosethatlivewithus —themicrobiome—buildourbodies,protectourhealth,shapeour identities,andgrantusincredibleabilities.Inthisastonishingbook,Ed Yongtakesusonagrandtourthroughourmicrobialpartners,and introducesustothescientistsonthefrontlinesofdiscovery.Itwill changebothourviewofnatureandoursenseofwherewebelonginit.

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