Power Unseen: How microbes rule the world
Microbes--tiny unseen bacteria, viruses, fungi and protozoa--pervade every aspect of human society and of the natural world, from life-saving antibiotics to horrendous epidemics. Power Unseen portrays the many, diverse and often unexpected activities of microbes through a series of 75 vignettes, each focusing on one particular organism and its characteristic behavior. Illustrating microbial life in its astonishing diversity, this fascinating and entertaining book leaves the reader in no doubt that microbes, not macrobes, rule the world.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:071674550X
ISBN13:9780716745501
Release Date:January 1998
Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA
Length:272 Pages
Weight:1.06 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.1" x 8.8"
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
truly an excellent book
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
This is a great book for general reading on microbes and microbiology. The short chapters make for easy and very entertaining reading, and it is one of those books that can really inspire an interest in science. Many people develop an interest microbiology after reading "The Microbe Hunters," and I agree with the previous reviewer who suggested that "Power Unseen" makes very good follow-up reading. It is more focused on the actual microbes rather than their discoverers, but the excellent storytelling and appeal to general audiences is similar. It is really a shame, and very surprising to me, that it is not currently in print. I highly recommend reading it if you have even the slightest interest in microbiology and can buy or borrow a used copy.
Amazing!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
Being a junior doctor now, whenever I recall my 2nd year in the medical school I remember all these nights trying to understand what at time thought of a much more difficult course than anatomy (!)....microbiology. I never thought I would be following a microbiology career. This book changed it all. There is nothing to be afraid of microbes.....Hypochondriac as all med students are was also myself...all you must do is to consider it as part of our planet's natural history..The book correlates human history and microbes in the most exciting way! The language is readable by everyone and the new ideas jump out in every page....I could not stop thinking humanity as a microbe of the universe. There were chapters that i couldnt stop laughing and others that really put me thinking. Read it....it will make you appreciate the role of medicine and microbes in our lifes.
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