Tag: microbiology

Book Review: The Hidden Half of Nature

The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health by David R. Montgomery This book starts talking about gardening, segues to talking about microbiology, and finishes by talking about gardening. It’s basically about the microbial world and how it impacts us. Most of this is information I’ve read about in other books, …

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Book Review: I Contain Multitudes

I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life by Ed Yong Through this book I learned that the answer to just about every question you might have about microbes and how they interact with the world is “it’s complicated.” Yong talks about many ways in which bacteria and other microbes …

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