Microworlds
$67.99
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
1 December 2026
Summary
Microworlds brings to life a whole new ecosystem populated by a bewildering array of forms living extraordinary lives. It is a remarkable eyeopener for all naturalists.
For most of the history of life on Earth all life was microscopic, and even today most of biodiversity is still microscopic. Until the invention of the microscope in the seventeenth century all this diverse microworld was completely unknown. As well as dominating Earth for eons, microbes are still vital to the…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780008841096 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0008841098 |
| Author: | David Wilkinson |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Imprint: | William Collins |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 1 December 2026 |
| Weight: | 620g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 22mm |
| Series: | Collins New Naturalist Library |
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Critics Review
Praise for Ecology & Natural History by David Wilkinson
‘I’ve bought plenty of books in this series over the years but this is the first for a while that I’ve been inspired to read through, cover to cover, within a few days.’ Ian Carter, British Birds
‘An excellent book’ The Linnean
Praise for David M. Wilkinson
‘Wilkinson offers answers as good as science currently can deliver’ Science
‘This is a fascinating book.’ Basic and Applied Ecology
‘Extraordinarily readable and accessible’ British Ecological Society Bulletin
About The Author
David Wilkinson
David M. Wilkinson is an ecologist with very wide interests, having published research on organisms ranging from bacteria to sauropod dinosaurs, but he has a particular interest in testate amoebae. He was a Reader in environmental science at Liverpool John Moores University, where he taught for almost a quarter of a century. He is now Honorary Professor in ecology at the University of Lincoln, and an honorary research fellow in archaeology at the University of Nottingham. His book Fundamental Processes in Ecology: An Earth Systems Approach won the British Ecological Society’s Marsh Book of the Year Award in 2007; a second edition of this book was published in 2023.
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