I Contain Multitudes

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出版者:Ecco
作者:Ed Yong
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页数:256
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出版时间:2016-8-9
价格:USD 27.99
装帧:Hardcover
isbn号码:9780062368591
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图书标签:
  • 科普
  • 生物
  • 微生物
  • 生物科学
  • 英文原版
  • 美国
  • biology
  • 科学和心理学
  • 自然观察
  • 生物多样性
  • 动物行为
  • 生态学
  • 物种共存
  • 自然历史
  • 野外探索
  • 环境科学
  • 共生关系
  • 非虚构
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具体描述

A groundbreaking, marvelously informative “microbe’s-eye view” of the world that reveals a radically reconceived picture of life on earth.

For most of human existence, microbes were hidden, visible only through the illnesses they caused. When they finally surfaced in biological studies, they were cast as rogues. Only recently have they immigrated from the neglected fringes of biology to its center. Even today, many people think of microbes as germs to be eradicated, but those that live with us—the microbiome—are invaluable parts of our lives.

I Contain Multitudes lets us peer into that world for the first time, allowing us to see how ubiquitous and vital microbes are: they sculpt our organs, defend us from disease, break down our food, educate our immune systems, guide our behavior, bombard our genomes with their genes, and grant us incredible abilities. While much of the prevailing discussion around the microbiome has focused on its implications for human health, Yong broadens this focus to the entire animal kingdom, giving us a grander view of life.

With humor and erudition, Ed Yong prompts us to look at ourselves and our fellow animals in a new light: less as individuals and more as the interconnected, interdependent multitudes we assuredly are. When we look at the animal kingdom through a microbial lens, even the most familiar parts of our lives take on a striking new air. We learn the secret, invisible, and wondrous biology behind the corals that construct mighty reefs, the glowing squid that can help us understand the bacteria in our own guts, the beetles that bring down forests, the disease-fighting mosquitoes engineered in Australia, and the ingredients in breast milk that evolved to nourish a baby’s first microbes. We see how humans are disrupting these partnerships and how scientists are now manipulating them to our advantage. We see, as William Blake wrote, the world in a grain of sand.

I Contain Multitudes is the story of these extraordinary partnerships, between the familiar creatures of our world and those we never knew existed. It will change both our view of nature and our sense of where we belong in it.

作者简介

Ed Yong is an award-winning science writer on the staff of The Atlantic. His blog Not Exactly Rocket Science is hosted by National Geographic, and his work has also appeared in The New Yorker, Wired, the New York Times, Nature, the BBC, New Scientist, Scientific American, the Guardian, the Times, Aeon, Discover, The Scientist, Slate, Mosaic, and Nautilus. He splits his time between London and Washington DC. You can find him on twitter @edyong209 and sign up to his weekly newsletter, The Ed’s Up, on http://tinyletter.com/edyong209/.

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共生是自然界普遍存在的现象。比如,黄蜂寄生无花果花内,能保障果树传授花粉和留种;真菌和藻类形成了地衣,地衣靠真菌的菌丝吸收养料;白蚁以木材为食,但它消化纤维素的能力来自于肠内鞭毛虫。在所有的共生现象里,经常出现的一方,就是微生物。 英国科普记者埃德·扬这部描...  

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共生是自然界普遍存在的现象。比如,黄蜂寄生无花果花内,能保障果树传授花粉和留种;真菌和藻类形成了地衣,地衣靠真菌的菌丝吸收养料;白蚁以木材为食,但它消化纤维素的能力来自于肠内鞭毛虫。在所有的共生现象里,经常出现的一方,就是微生物。 英国科普记者埃德·扬这部描...  

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微生物,和人的关系非常微妙 “微生物是有害的,它会带来疾病和死亡 微生物是我们的朋友,它可以和谐地和我们共生,帮助我们更好” 这两种说法都是极端的。微生物是中立的,没有好坏。正如这个世界。 好或坏,都是有条件的。互惠共生,其实就是生命个体达到了一种平衡。中医所...  

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微生物究竟是什么? 在通常人的印象中,微生物是一种坏东西,我们所患的多数疾病都有它的功劳,不论是常见的感冒、腹泻,还是罕有的创伤弧菌感染,严重的霍乱和鼠疫,这些疾病的罪魁祸首无一不是微生物。 如果不借助显微镜的话,我们大部分人都没法直接看到它们的样子。我们只...  

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一本带你改变你对微生物的认知、带你畅游神奇的微生物王国、据说让比尔·盖茨和扎克伯格也爱不释手的科普书, 在传统的认知里,特别是当下,谈到细菌,不由让人联想起麻风病、伤寒、肺结核、霍乱、鼠疫等等等等,他们是令人闻之色变的坏东西,这场席卷全球的疫情也是拜它们所赐...  

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这样一本书在这样一个时刻

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大西洋月刊一个Ed Yong,还有一个Sarah Zhang的生物科普华人作家写的我都在追,我印象比较深的就是这两个。这部讲共生现象的还是他第一本书。

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I contain multitudes, or I provide a multiplicity of deficiencies to get KO'd.

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虽说一遍读下来也只能算是略懂了一些微生物界的知识,但至少读起来很有意思,而且大开眼界。Amazing World!

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我最讨厌的课的reading,但是看完第二章我就被狠狠感动到了。写得好好

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