Our world is built on an invisible one we are barely beginning to understand. In The Hidden Half of Nature, geologist David R. Montgomery and biologist Anne Bikle argue that Earth's smallest creatures-microbes-could fundamentally change how we grow food, what we eat and how we practise medicine.
The Hidden Half of Nature shares Montgomery and Bikle's efforts to turn a barren patch of ground into a flourishing garden, and Bikle's struggle with cancer. Taking readers deep into the science and history of agriculture and immunology, they show that microbes can provide powerful solutions to the problems plaguing modern agriculture as well as our own bodies. A spellbinding story, The Hidden Half of Nature reveals how we can restore fertility to the land and defeat chronic diseases.
David Montgomery?is a Professor of Earth and Space Sciences at the University of Washington.? He studies the evolution of topography and the influence of geomorphological processes on ecological systems and human societies. He received his B.S. in geology at Stanford University (1984) and his Ph.D. in geomorphology from UC Berkeley (1991).? Current research includes field projects in the Philippines, eastern Tibet, and the Pacific Northwest of North America. In 2008 Montgomery received a?MacArthur Fellowship. His books,?Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations, King of Fish,?and?The Rocks Don't Lie?have all won the?Washington State Book Award?in General Nonfiction.? Montgomery's title,?Growing a Revolution, Bringing Our Soil Back to Life,?was a finalist for the Penn/E.O. Wilson award for Literary Science Writing.??His latest work with W. W. Norton, What Your Food Ate: How to Heal Our Land and Reclaim our Health, published in 2022. Anne Bikle is a biologist and environmental planner. Her career spans the fields of environmental stewardship, habitat restoration, and public health. The Hidden Half of Nature is her first book.
Title: The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health
Author: Biklé, Anne, Montgomery, David R.
ISBN: 9780393244403
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Publisher: WW Norton & Co
Publication Date: 2015-12-04
Number of Pages: 320
Weight: 0.5989 kg