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Cargando... The Curious World of Bacteria (edición 2023)por Ludger Wess (Autor), Jamie McIntosh (Traductor)
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HTML: Bacteria were the first life on Earth. But what do we really know about them? In this captivating, science-driven book, you'll learn everything you need to know about these often misunderstoodâ??and incredibly interestingâ??microbes. In this engagingly written and scientifically rigorous book, author and scientist Ludger Wess introduces an eclectic collection of impressive, useful, weird, and dangerous bacterial species. Wess reveals everything he knows about bacteria, including their ability to survive almost anywhere, to "sleep" for millions of years before becoming active again, to maintain their own immune systems (a discovery that has led to medical breakthroughs for humans), and toâ??hypotheticallyâ??live on other planets. In part two, Wess moves on to his curious compendium of bacterial species, presenting fifty fascinating portraits grouped by useful categories: bacteria that are record holders, extreme-habitat dwellers, unusual consumers, people-helpers, and people-harmers. Beautiful black-and-white illustrations accompany each portrait. At the end of this engrossing read, Wess recognizes how much we still don't know about bacteria. But by starting here, we can come closer to understanding the first life on No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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The author first gives a brief introduction to bacteria, what they are, how they effect the world and how mankind first discovered and began learning about them.
He then breaks out categories, such as record holders or dangerous bacteria and goes on to provide snapshots of fifty different organisms.
He delves into not only what they currently do, but also what mankind might use them to do.
Some are already eating plastic and helping fight cancer, but he holds out the chance that they might just be part of the solution to climate change as well.
His enthusiasm for the subject is as infectious as some of his actual subjects are.
A great read ( )