Microcosm : E. coli and the new science of life / Carl Zimmer.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Pantheon Books, c2008.Description: 243 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:- 037542430X
- 9780375424304
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 579.342 Z72 | Available | 33111005445297 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
From the award-winning science writer and author of Evolution comes a startlingly original look at what it means to be alive--as revealed by a microbe that dwells within each person. 13 b&w illustrations.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-228) and index.
Signature -- E. coli and the elephant -- The system -- The E. coli watcher's field guide -- Everflux -- Death and kindness -- Darwin at the drugstore -- Open source -- Palimpsest -- Playing nature -- N equals one.