Invisible Friends
How Microbes Shape Our Lives and the World Around Us
$27.50
- Paperback
296 pages
- Release Date
1 July 2025
Summary
As we continue to live through a pandemic, all eyes are on microbes: an imperceptible and pervasive threat that hangs heavy on the air and clings to surfaces. But the reality of micro-organisms is far more diverse and life-sustaining than such a notion would have us believe. Not only are they omnipresent, but we are highly attuned to their workings – both in the world at large and right here within our own bodies. Meanwhile, cutting-edge microbiome research is changing our understanding of re…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781784275686 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1784275689 |
| Author: | Jake Robinson |
| Publisher: | Pelagic Publishing |
| Imprint: | Pelagic Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 296 |
| Release Date: | 1 July 2025 |
| Weight: | 480g |
| Dimensions: | 17mm x 129mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
A fascinating exploration of the possibility of the microscopic world…This is not a book written to shock the reader, or to make the reader aghast at the number of microbes on their eyelashes, or in every breath they take. Rather, it is a book to prompt the restoration of the symbiotic relationship between the visible and invisible worlds, as well as the awareness and appreciation of what is contained within our microbiomes.
– Brian McHugh, Climate Thoughts with BrianInvisible Friends by Jake Robinson is just COOL. A journey through an ever changing understanding of the microscopic world.
– Charlie Bingham, nature and travel writerThis is an enthusiastic and hopeful romp through microbiology that encourages readers to rethink their relationship with nature and see themselves as embedded in it.
– The Inquisitive BiologistRefreshing… This book is a must for students of microbiology.
– Arindam Mitra, Microbiology TodayThis volume is an excellent introduction to the microbial world… The text is accessible to a lay audience, and it has a useful appendix with further scientific explanations and reading suggestions. Robinson uses storytelling and integrated interviews with scientists to make each point. This book could be used as a text in a general education science course as a way to introduce diverse topics such as ecology, environmental science, evolution, human health, and psychology as well as the obvious microbiology.
– D. Schulman, CHOICEJake Robinson
Jake M. Robinson is a microbial ecologist based in the UK. In 2021, he received a PhD from the University of Sheffield. He is passionate about researching microbes, ecosystems, social equity issues and the connections between them, and at the same time is keen to develop ways to conserve and restore nature. Invisible Friends is his first book.
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