I Contain Multitudes
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Description
Your body is teeming with tens of trillions of microbes. It's an entire world, a colony full of life.
In other words, you contain multitudes.
They sculpt our organs, protect us from diseases, guide our behaviour, and bombard us with their genes. They also hold the key to understanding all life on earth.
In I Contain Multitudes, Ed Yong opens our eyes and invites us to marvel at ourselves and other animals in a new light, less as individuals and more as thriving ecosystems.
You'll never think about your mind, body or preferences in the same way again.
'Super-interesting... He just keeps imparting one surprising, fascinating insight after the next. I Contain Multitudes is science journalism at its best' Bill Gates
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE 2017
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2017
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I came across this book via the author's standard setting COVID reporting. And this book is not inferior to the former in any respect. I'm certainly not someone who has shown much interest in Natural Science topics before, certainly not into microbes. But Ed Yong has managed to present this subject as if it were the most exciting thing in the world. The author writes about his meetings with scientists and his conversations about their Area of Expertise. He does so in a manner that is at the same time easily understandable - and of utterly poetic quality. At times the beauty of Ed Yongs writing feels like reading a perfect poem. My only minor criticisms are these: The handling of the topic of autism needs some reflection, not only by the author, but also by the Natural scientists he talked to. And: in some places, the book would benefit from more brevity. I can hardly resent the author for the latter, because his enthusiasm for the subject speaks from every page - and this enthusiasm transfers to the readers' view of their everyday surroundings.
Description
Your body is teeming with tens of trillions of microbes. It's an entire world, a colony full of life.
In other words, you contain multitudes.
They sculpt our organs, protect us from diseases, guide our behaviour, and bombard us with their genes. They also hold the key to understanding all life on earth.
In I Contain Multitudes, Ed Yong opens our eyes and invites us to marvel at ourselves and other animals in a new light, less as individuals and more as thriving ecosystems.
You'll never think about your mind, body or preferences in the same way again.
'Super-interesting... He just keeps imparting one surprising, fascinating insight after the next. I Contain Multitudes is science journalism at its best' Bill Gates
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE 2017
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2017
Book Information
Posts
I came across this book via the author's standard setting COVID reporting. And this book is not inferior to the former in any respect. I'm certainly not someone who has shown much interest in Natural Science topics before, certainly not into microbes. But Ed Yong has managed to present this subject as if it were the most exciting thing in the world. The author writes about his meetings with scientists and his conversations about their Area of Expertise. He does so in a manner that is at the same time easily understandable - and of utterly poetic quality. At times the beauty of Ed Yongs writing feels like reading a perfect poem. My only minor criticisms are these: The handling of the topic of autism needs some reflection, not only by the author, but also by the Natural scientists he talked to. And: in some places, the book would benefit from more brevity. I can hardly resent the author for the latter, because his enthusiasm for the subject speaks from every page - and this enthusiasm transfers to the readers' view of their everyday surroundings.