SHORTLISTED FOR THE WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE 2017 AND THE ROYAL SOCIETY INSIGHT INVESTMENT SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2017THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERYour body is teeming with tens of trillions of microbes.
I Contain Multitudes is science journalism at its best\' Bill Gates.
He just keeps imparting one surprising, fascinating insight after the next.
You\'ll never think about your mind, body or preferences in the same way again.\'Super-interesting...
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.
In other words, you Contain multitudes.
They sculpt our organs, protect us from diseases, guide our behaviour, and bombard us with their genes.
It’s an entire world, a colony full of life.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE 2017 AND THE ROYAL SOCIETY INSIGHT INVESTMENT SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2017THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERYour body is teeming with tens of trillions of microbes