Invisible Allies: Microbes That Shape Our Lives

by Jeanette Farrell

Book Overview

Mmm-mmm, microbes! Although we are accustomed to equating the presence of microbes with disease, in fact most microbes play a vital "friendly" role in shaping our lives. It is not just that one hundred million microbes can populate a thimbleful of fertile soil, or that many millions live happily in as much of our saliva. Microbes are everywhere, and we could not survive without them. To emphasize their amazing ubiquity, Jeanette Farrell considers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374336083
• ISBN13: 9780374336080
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.8" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12

Customer Reviews

Interesting Book about Microbes!

My 10 year old son came across this book at our local library and checked it out. We've been reading it together for the past two days and found it very interesting (and not too difficult for my 10 yr old to understand although I had to help him with latin names for various bacteria). The bits of history mixed with science made the book fun & interesting to read :-)

Invisible Allies

I found this book immensely interesting, actually I'm still reading a library copy, and just came online to order one for me, my sister, and my dad - my mom will like it too! If your into how fermented food works, it's fascinating. We truly live in amazing world. I'm going to get her other book too!