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

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE WINNER OF THE 2021 PULITZER PRIZE<BR><BR> Your body is teeming with tens of trillions of microbes. It's an entire world, a colony full of life.<BR><BR> In other words, you contain multitudes.<BR><BR> 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.<BR><BR> 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.<BR><BR> You'll never think about your mind, body or preferences in the same way again.<BR><BR> 'Super-interesting... He just keeps imparting one surprising, fascinating insight after the next. I Contain Multitudes is science journalism at its best' Bill Gates<BR>SHORTLISTED FOR THE WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE 2017<BR> SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2017