Intimate Strangers: Unseen Life on Earth

by Cynthia Needham and Bert Dodson

Book Overview

Companion book to the PBS science documentary Intimate Strangers: Unseen Life on Earth Combines vivid, descriptive images from the series and original artwork to tell the compelling story of the world... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1555811639
• ISBN13: 9781555811631
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: ASM Press
• Length: 225 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 0.6" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

A rare winner

Rarely, oh so rarely has science been explained to the public with such zestful clarity. Not since Paul de Kruif's "Microbe Hunters" has anyone produced as exciting an exposition of how microbes and humans interact. The writers flavor the text with titillating examples, evocative metaphors, and thought-provoking questions. This book constitutes a passport to a whole wondrous realm, not just a single destination.