Life at Small Scale

by David B. Dusenbery

Our world is swarming with invisible organisms - bacteria and fungi that affect their hosts and environments in diverse ways. This text looks at the mysterious microscopic world of microbes and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0716750600
• ISBN13: 9780716750604
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Scientific American Library
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 9.2" x 12.1"

Customer Reviews

great provocation

if only writings such as this were found more often! this is the material not often presented that cultivates interest and lasting thought. not dry text, this book is enjoyable as well as informative to read. it also presents information in a manner for all levels.

Unicellular life and a few multiciellular fungi too

Easy to read discussion of various topics concerning prokaryotic and eukaryotic unicellular life, although multicellular fungi and learning in simple invertebrates are also considered.