Microcosm : E. coli and the new science of life
Title:
Microcosm : E. coli and the new science of life
Author:
Zimmer, Carl, 1966-
ISBN:
9780375424304
Publication Information:
New York : Pantheon Books, c2008
Physical Description:
243 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
General Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-228) and index
Contents:
Signature -- E. coli and the elephant -- The system -- The E. coli watcher’s field guide -- Everflux -- Death and kindness -- Darwin at the drugstore -- Open source -- Palimpsest -- Playing nature -- N equals one.
Abstract:
Addresses the fundamental question of what it means to be alive from the perspective of a microbe, E. coli, that exists within all human beings, examining the germ's evolution and its important role in the history of biology.
Subject:
| Escherichia coli |
| Microbiology -- History |
| Molecular biology -- History |
| Genetics -- History |
| History, 20th Century. |
Summary:
Addresses the fundamental question of what it means to be alive from the perspective of a microbe, E. coli, that exists within all human beings, examining the germ's evolution and its important role in the history of biology.