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Microcosm: E-coli and The New Science of Life
Carl Zimmer
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Microcosm: E-coli and The New Science of Life
Carl Zimmer
Most of us might know E coli for its lethal strain that causes food poisoning. This book tells how E coli microbes talk to each other, how studies of their evolution represent the most powerful evidence in support of natural selection, and how they might just explain life on other planets.
256 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | July 3, 2008 |
| ISBN13 | 9780434016242 |
| Publishers | Cornerstone |
| Pages | 256 |
| Dimensions | 202 × 243 × 26 mm · 518 g |
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