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Microbiology: A Very Short Introduction by Nicholas P. Money
Category: Science | Series: Very Short Introductions
In recent decades we have come to realize that the microbial world is hugely diverse, and can be found in the most extreme environments. Fungi, single-celled protists, bacteria, archaea, and the vast array of viruses and sub-viral particles far outnumber plants and animals. Microbes, we now know, play a ...Show more
Molds, Mushrooms, and Medicines - Our Lifelong Relationship with Fungi by Nicholas P. Money
Category: Complementary
From beneficial yeasts that aid digestion to toxic molds that cause disease, we are constantly navigating a world filled with fungi. Molds, Mushrooms, and Medicines explores the amazing ways fungi interact with our bodies, showing how our health and well-being depend on an immense ecosystem of yeasts an ...Show more
Mushroom by Nicholas P. Money
Category: unmapped
The overnight appearance of mushrooms in a meadow or on a suburban lawn is a marvelous sight. It is one of many awe-inspiring, magical processes that have evolved among the fungi, yet this group remains the least studied and most poorly understood kingdom of organisms. In Mushroom, Nicholas Money offers ...Show more
Mushrooms: A Natural and Cultural History by Nicholas P. Money
Category: Animals & Nature
Mushrooms hold a peculiar place in our culture: we love them and despise them, fear them and misunderstand them. They can be downright delicious or deadly poisonous, cute as buttons or utterly grotesque. These strange organisms hold great symbolism in our myths and legends. In this book, Nicholas P. Mon ...Show more
Mushrooms: A Natural and Cultural History by Nicholas P Money
Category: Home and Garden
A witty, beautifully illustrated overview of the weird world of mycology. Mushrooms are loved, despised, feared and misunderstood. They have been a familiar part of nature throughout human history and occupy a special place in our consciousness. Now in paperback, Mushrooms introduces the mythology and s ...Show more
Nature Fast and Nature Slow: How Life Works, from Fractions of a Second to Billions of Years by Nicholas P. Money
Category: Popular Science
This book is a vision of biology set within the entire timescale of the universe. It is about the timing of life, from microsecond movements to evolutionary changes over millions of years. Human consciousness is riveted to seconds, but a split-second time delay in perception means that we are unaware of ...Show more
The Amoeba in the Room - Lives of the Microbes by Nicholas P. Money
Category: Science
A cup of seawater contains 100 million cells, which are preyed upon by billions of viruses. Fifty million tons of fungal spores are released into the atmosphere every year. And the human gut is home to somewhere between 500 and 1,000 species of bacteria. The more we learn about microbial biodiversity, t ...Show more
The Selfish Ape - Human Nature and Our Path to Extinction by Nicholas P. Money
Category: Science
Weaving together stories of science and sociology, The Selfish Ape offers a refreshing response to common fantasies about the ascent of humanity. Rather than imagining modern humans as a species with godlike powers, or Homo deus, Nicholas P. Money recasts us as Homo narcissus--paragons of self-absorptio ...Show more
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