The importance of invisible life Collaboration with the only microbial museum in the world
non - f i c t i on
Remco Kort Microbe Man Man is a walking ecosystem. During our lifetime, our body provides the right conditions for a giant community of microorganisms. Yet we see microbes primarily as the cause of diseases and decay and we try all we can to eliminate them with antibiotics and disinfectants. The truth is, from the colonization of our body at birth to the dissolution after our death, bacteria play an essential role in our lives. Microbe Man takes a clear and close look at this crucial role, which leads to atonement for these little organisms. We are repeatedly, and each time from a different perspective, brought into this invisibly tiny world that proves to be bigger than ever imagined possible.
Original title De microbe-mens Non-fiction | 320 pages | Athenaeum - Polak & Van Gennep
Remco Kort (1970)
English sample available
is an endowed professor of Microbial Genomics at the Vrije Universtiteit Amsterdam, microbiologist at TNO, co-founder © Sacha de Boer
of the Yoba for Life Foundation, and professor of ARTIS-Micropia, the world’s only microbial museum.
Foreign rights: Jolijn Spooren | j.spooren@singeluitgeverijen.nl Martijn Prins | m.prins@singeluitgeverijen.nl