Carl Zimmer: Microcosm, Kartoniert / Broschiert
Microcosm
Buch
- E. Coli and the New Science of Life
- Publisher:
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 07/2009
- Binding:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Language:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9780307276865
- Item number:
- 12139629
- Volume:
- 256 Pages
- Weight:
- 290 g
- Format:
- 203 x 132 mm
- Thickness:
- 14 mm
- Release date:
- 14.7.2009
- Note
-
Caution: Product is not in German language
Blurb
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.
Biography
Carl Zimmer, Autor von "At the Water' s Edge", schreibt häufig für "Discover", "National Geographic", "Natural History", "Nature" und "Science". Er wurde mit dem "Everett Clark Award" für Wissenschaftsjournalismus ausgezeichnet sowie mit dem "American Institute of Biological Science Media Award". Er lebt in New York City.§
Carl Zimmer
Microcosm
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