I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life by Ed Yong

I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life

Ed Yong

368 pages first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction health science informative medium-paced

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Your body is teeming with tens of trillions of microbes. It's an entire world, a colony full of life.These microscopic companions sculpt our organs, protect us from diseases, guide our behaviour, and bombard us with their genes. They also hold the...

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