Overview:

In the tradition of classics like Lewis Thomas's Lives of a Cell, Carl Zimmer has written a fascinating and utterly accessible investigation of what it means to be alive. Zimmer traces E. coli's remarkable history, showing how scientists used it to discover how genes work and then to launch the entire biotechnology industry. While some strains of E. coli grab headlines by causing deadly diseases, scientists are retooling the bacteria to produce everything from human insulin to jet fuel. Microcosm is the story of the one species on Earth that science knows best of all. It's also a story of life itself - of its rules, its mysteries, and its future.

Category		Subject
Science		Life Sciences

ISBN-13:9780375424304
ISBN-10:037542430X
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
Pages:304
Size:9.13" l x 5.91" w x 1.10" h
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