The Hidden Half of Nature The Microbial Roots of Life and Health

Our world is built on an invisible one we are barely beginning to understand. In The Hidden Half of Nature, geologist David R. Montgomery and biologist Anne Biklé argue that Earth's smallest creatures—microbes—could fundamentally change how we grow food, what we eat and how we practise medicine. The Hidden Half of Nature shares Montgomery and Biklé's efforts to turn a barren patch of ground into a flourishing garden, and Biklé's struggle with cancer. Taking readers deep into the science and history of agriculture and immunology, they show that microbes can provide powerful solutions to the problems plaguing modern agriculture as well as our own bodies. A spellbinding story, The Hidden Half of Nature reveals how we can restore fertility to the land and defeat chronic diseases.

ISBN:	9780393353372
Publisher:	W. W. Norton & Company
Imprint:	W.W. Norton and Company
Published date:	15 Nov 2016
Language:	English
Number of pages:	320
Weight:	258g
Height:	209mm
Width:	141mm
Spine width:	20mm

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