Cover art for I Contain Multitudes
Published
Vintage Arrow, November 2017
ISBN
9781784700171
Format
Softcover, 368 pages
Dimensions
19.6cm × 12.8cm × 2.3cm

I Contain Multitudes The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life

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A thrilling, witty, genre-busting book on microbes, one of science's hottest topics, by a debut writer with a huge following.

Your body is teeming with tens of trillions of microbes. It's an entire world, a colony full of life. In other words, you contain multitudes.

They sculpt our organs, protect us from diseases, guide our behaviour, and bombard us with their genes. They also hold the key to understanding all life on earth.

In I Contain Multitudes, Ed Yong opens our eyes and invites us to marvel at ourselves and other animals in a new light, less as individuals and more as thriving ecosystems. You'll never think about your mind, body or preferences in the same way again.

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