The Amoeba in the Room by Nicholas P Money
Exploring the variety of the microbial world, Nicholas P. Money argues for a radical change of perspective. As molecular methods discover vast numbers of new viruses and bacteria, it is becoming clear that microbial life dominates and runs the planet.
I found this book immensely enjoyable and I would encourage anyone wanting to know more about the huge swathe of life on the planet that passes us by unseen to seek out a copy* Dale Walters, The Biologist *
I found this bookimmensely enjoyable and I would encourage anyone wanting to know more about the huge swathe of life on the planet that passes us by unseen to seek out a copy. Indeed, I have recommended it to my students an dit will be recommended reading for one of my modules. * The Biologist, Professor Dale Walters Cbiol FSB *
a fascinating reada beautifully written book * The Biologist, Professor Dale Walters Cbiol FSB *
fascinating and often startlingly funny bookThis is a truly revolutionary book that turns on its head the way we see the world * Robert Hanbury Tenison, Country Life *
Nicholas Money is an excellent guide * Helen Bynum, Times Literary Supplement *
An impassioned fascination for microscopic life around and within us...Overall, Money delivers a heady mixture of history, philosophy, art and even poetry...This is a lucid and informative book. There is an impressive afterword of references and notes, and fine line drawings. So much that is lyrical and little-known waits to be discovered here - novelties that will appeal to new undergraduates as well as to incorrigible microbial enthusiasts like myself. * Mark O. Martin, Nature *
The world will not seem the same to anyone who reads his book. * Helen Bynum, Times Literary Supplement *
[An] excellent introduction to modern microbiology. * Science Uncovered *
Beautifully written ... Money has a great style, and a very important message. To see what is really going on in the biosphere, the only zone of life that we know of at this point, you need a microscope. Bacteria are the gods of humans. * The Stranger *
"Nicholas Money is an expert guide. This world will not seem the same to anyone who reads his book." * The Times Literary Supplement *
"This is a fascinating, amazing, and thoroughly enthusiastic sketch of [the] subject . . . The book helps orient us to new biological horizons - and new philosophic ones." * The Ecologist *
"Written with great skill and seasoned with wit, the book displays the expertise of the writer." * San Francisco Book Review *
"Money succeeds, intellectually in convincing you that multicellular creatures count for little in the grand scheme of biology." * The Wall Street Journal *
"Money's light-hearted writing helps prevent the lingo from becoming overwhelming, though, and readers who can weather the tricky language will find a fascinating and strange new world." * Science News *
I found this bookimmensely enjoyable and I would encourage anyone wanting to know more about the huge swathe of life on the planet that passes us by unseen to seek out a copy. Indeed, I have recommended it to my students an dit will be recommended reading for one of my modules. * The Biologist, Professor Dale Walters Cbiol FSB *
a fascinating reada beautifully written book * The Biologist, Professor Dale Walters Cbiol FSB *
fascinating and often startlingly funny bookThis is a truly revolutionary book that turns on its head the way we see the world * Robert Hanbury Tenison, Country Life *
Nicholas Money is an excellent guide * Helen Bynum, Times Literary Supplement *
An impassioned fascination for microscopic life around and within us...Overall, Money delivers a heady mixture of history, philosophy, art and even poetry...This is a lucid and informative book. There is an impressive afterword of references and notes, and fine line drawings. So much that is lyrical and little-known waits to be discovered here - novelties that will appeal to new undergraduates as well as to incorrigible microbial enthusiasts like myself. * Mark O. Martin, Nature *
The world will not seem the same to anyone who reads his book. * Helen Bynum, Times Literary Supplement *
[An] excellent introduction to modern microbiology. * Science Uncovered *
Beautifully written ... Money has a great style, and a very important message. To see what is really going on in the biosphere, the only zone of life that we know of at this point, you need a microscope. Bacteria are the gods of humans. * The Stranger *
"Nicholas Money is an expert guide. This world will not seem the same to anyone who reads his book." * The Times Literary Supplement *
"This is a fascinating, amazing, and thoroughly enthusiastic sketch of [the] subject . . . The book helps orient us to new biological horizons - and new philosophic ones." * The Ecologist *
"Written with great skill and seasoned with wit, the book displays the expertise of the writer." * San Francisco Book Review *
"Money succeeds, intellectually in convincing you that multicellular creatures count for little in the grand scheme of biology." * The Wall Street Journal *
"Money's light-hearted writing helps prevent the lingo from becoming overwhelming, though, and readers who can weather the tricky language will find a fascinating and strange new world." * Science News *
Nicholas P. Money is Professor of Botany and Western Program Director at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He is the author of more than 70 peer-reviewed papers on fungal biology and has authored four books, including, Mr. Bloomfield's Orchard, The Mysterious World of Mushrooms, Molds, and Mycologists (2002), and Mushroom (2011) described by Nature magazine as a 'brilliant scientific and cultural exploration' of his research subject.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780199665938 |
| ISBN 10 | 0199665931 |
| Title | The Amoeba in the Room |
| Author | Nicholas P Money |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 2014-04-24 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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