Название: Life at the Edge of Sight : A Photographic Exploration of the Microbial World
Автор: Scott Chimileski, Roberto Kolter
Издательство: Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press
ISBN: 067497591X
Год: 2017
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 385
Размер: 30,7 МБ
Язык: Английский

Microbes create medicines, filter waste water, and clean pollution. They give cheese funky flavors, wines complex aromas, and bread a nutty crumb. Life at the Edge of Sight is a stunning visual exploration of the inhabitants of an invisible world, from the pioneering findings of a seventeenth-century visionary to magnificent close-ups of the inner workings and cooperative communities of Earth's most prolific organisms.
Using cutting-edge imaging technologies, Scott Chimileski and Roberto Kolter lead readers through breakthroughs and unresolved questions scientists hope microbes will answer soon. They explain how microbial studies have clarified the origins of life on Earth, guided thinking about possible life on other planets, unlocked evolutionary mechanisms, and helped explain the functioning of complex ecosystems. Microbes have been harnessed to increase crop yields and promote human health.