Microcosm by Carl Zimmer
A Best Book of the YearSeed Magazine - Granta Magazine - The Plain-DealerIn this fascinating and utterly engaging book, Carl Zimmer traces E. coli's pivotal role in the history of biology, from the discovery of DNA to the latest advances in biotechnology. He reveals the many surprising and alarming parallels between E. coli's life and our own. And he describes how E. coli changes in real time, revealing billions of years of history encoded within its genome. E. coli is also the most engineered species on Earth, and as scientists retool this microbe to produce life-saving drugs and clean fuel, they are discovering just how far the definition of life can be stretched.
Carl Zimmer is a journalist and lecturer on science writing at Yale University. His numerous critically praised books include Parasite Rex (Atria Books), which the LA Times called capable of changing how we see the world; Soul Made Flesh (Atria Books), one of the top 100 books of 2004, according to the New York Times Book Review; and Microcosm (Vintage), which the Boston Globe called superb ... quietly revolutionary. He writes for countless publications, including the New York Times and Scientific American, and regularly appears on radio (including on Fresh Air and This American Life) and on TV. His blog, The Loom, is regularly cited as one of the web's best science blogs. He lives in Guilford, CT.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780307276865 |
| ISBN 10 | 0307276864 |
| Title | Microcosm |
| Author | Carl Zimmer |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Three Rivers Press |
| Year published | 2009-07-14 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Prizes | Winner of Library Journal's Top Science Titles 2008 |
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