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Min the microbe provides readers with an up close look at the hidden world all around them.

Offers an introduction to microbes, looking at bacteria, viruses, fungi, algae, protozoa, archaea, and microscopic animals.

Offers an illustrated exploration of the microscopic and small-scale animal world, with large fold-out illustrations that depict diverse ecosystems and their tiny inhabitants to scale and accompanying descriptions of what is depicted.

"Fifty years after The Andromeda Strain made Michael Crichton a household name, the threat returns, in a gripping sequel that is as terrifyingly realistic and resonant as the original"--

An introduction to the role of microbes in everyday life identifies beneficial and harmful microbes and outlines exercises and activities based on the scientific method to encourage exploration of one's microbiological surroundings.

Explores various types of micro bugs, their characteristics and how they effect humans, plants, and animals.

"Explores the menagerie of tiny and unusual creatures found in our lawns and gardens, our food, our beds, our clothes, and even our eyelashes"--

From two of the world's top scientists and one of the world's top science writers (all parents), Dirt Is Good is a Q&A-based guide to everything you need to know about kids & germs. Is it OK for my child to eat dirt? That's just one of the many questions authors Jack Gilbert and Rob Knight are bombarded with every week from parents all over the world. They've heard everything from My two-year-old gets constant ear infections. Should I give her antibiotics?...