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The Hidden Half of Nature

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Description for The Hidden Half of Nature Hardcover. A riveting account of how emerging science about microbes, plants and our own bodies can revolutionise agriculture and medicine. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 162 x 28. Weight in Grams: 600.

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 Biklé 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 Biklé’s efforts to turn a barren patch of ground into a flourishing garden, and Biklé’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 ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393244403
SKU
V9780393244403
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About David R. Montgomery
David R. Montgomery is a professor at the University of Washington and a 2008 MacArthur Fellow. Anne Biklé 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.

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