Microbes
2015; University of California Press; Volume: 77; Issue: 9 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1525/abt.2015.77.9.12g
ISSN1938-4211
Autores Tópico(s)Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
ResumoBook Review| November 01 2015 Microbes Life's Engines: How Microbes Made Earth Habitable. By Paul G. Falkowski. 2015. Princeton University Press. (ISBN 978-0-691-15537-1). 203 pp. Cloth. $24.95. Erika Iyengar Erika Iyengar Muhlenberg College Allentown, PA 18104 iyengar@muhlenberg.edu Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar The American Biology Teacher (2015) 77 (9): 715. https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2015.77.9.12g Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Erika Iyengar; Microbes. The American Biology Teacher 1 November 2015; 77 (9): 715. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2015.77.9.12g Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentThe American Biology Teacher Search Not a microbial biologist, I approached this book with a bit of trepidation, imagining lengthy discussions of biochemistry. Instead, I was immediately engaged by Falkowski's conversational, fluid writing (“Let us take a look ‘under the hood’ to see how some of the machinery that makes these invisible creatures work”; p. 46), personal anecdotes (“It took me a few years to understand how this transition in the chemistry of the Black Sea…”; p. 83), and interesting choice of topics. The author easily distills volumes of relevant history down to the salient points to set the scene for the biology he relates. As such, the book is focused as much on the history of science, including the processes of invention of various scientific tools as well as famous people, as it is on advocacy of the long-needed recognition of the importance of microbes in our world. For instance, the story of evolution... You do not currently have access to this content.
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