The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health
The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health by David R. Montgomery, Anne Biklé
English | 2015 | ISBN: 0393244407 | 320 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
English | 2015 | ISBN: 0393244407 | 320 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
A riveting exploration of how microbes are transforming the way we see nature and ourselves—and could revolutionize agriculture and medicine.
The Hidden Half of Nature lays out the astonishing reality we've been missing in the soil beneath our feet and right inside our bodies—our world depends on a foundation of invisible life.
Montgomery and Biklé share a captivating story of the least-loved part of nature, taking readers through major milestones in agriculture and medicine to untangle our uneasy relationship with microbes. From the challenge of turning their barren Seattle lot into a flourishing garden through Biklé’s struggle with a surprise cancer diagnosis, the authors discover the power nature's smallest creatures wield over our lives. Stunning parallels in the relationships that microbes develop with plant roots and the human gut reveal ways that farmers can restore degraded fields and doctors can reverse the modern epidemic of chronic diseases. For in cultivating the beneficial microbes that make soil fertile and keep us healthy, we can suture rifts never meant to be.