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 investigates how they behave, and why. It tells stories of how scientists have discovered the laws of behaviour of the world of microbes, including the principles of locomotion, navigation, survival, reproduction and communication. In addition, the text relates the behaviour of bacteria and other microbes to our more familiar world and shows their impact on our lives.
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Life at Small Scale is an astonishing reminder of the wonders of a world that's too small to see with the naked eye. Packed with stunning color photographs and illustrations, the book describes the composition and behavior of a variety of microbes. You'll learn how microbes move, feed, reproduce, and even "learn" in a primitive fashion. In clear and compelling prose, David Dusenbery explains the peculiar constraints of a microbe's existence, such as the overwhelming effects of surface tension and even molecular buffeting.
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David Dusenberry gives a fascinating tour of the wonders found in the world or micro-organisms. -- New York Times, August 8, 1997
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two thumbs up!,
By ibispub@channel1.com (Massachusetts) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Life at Small Scale: The Behavior of Microbes (Scientific American Library) (Hardcover)
An insightful, well organized, and superlatively illustrated basic text book in microbial life (Dusenbery includes some more complex forms, using size as a determinant). Written for the science literate layperson, it presents, among many other things, a view of the physical universe of microbial life that had, for me, more than a few "ah, ha's!" My son, a high school junior, also read and appreciated it. I found it in the local library and liked it so much, I'm buying it at Amazon.com and just stopped here to offer this very positive review.
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great provocation,
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This review is from: Life at Small Scale: The Behavior of Microbes (Scientific American Library) (Hardcover)
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.
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Unicellular life and a few multiciellular fungi too,
By Howard Schneider (Thornhill, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Life at Small Scale: The Behavior of Microbes (Scientific American Library) (Hardcover)
Easy to read discussion of various topics concerning prokaryotic and eukaryotic unicellular life, although multicellular fungi and learning in simple invertebrates are also considered.
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