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Can I read Microcosm : E. Coli and the New Science of Life on EtoBox?
Microcosm : E. Coli and the New Science of Life by Zimmer, Carl is a science book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Microcosm : E. Coli and the New Science of Life about?
A Best Book of the Year Seed Magazine • Granta Magazine • The Plain-Dealer In this fascinating and utterly engaging book, Carl Zimmer traces E. coli 's pivotal role in the history of biology, from the discovery of DNA to the latest advances in biotechnology. He reveals the many surprising and alarming parallels between E. coli 's life and our own. And he describes how E. coli changes in real time, revealing billions of years of history encoded within its genome. E. coli is also the most engineered species on Earth, and as scientists retool this microbe to produce life-saving drugs and clean fuel, they are discovering just how far the definition of life can be stretched.
Who reads Microcosm : E. Coli and the New Science of Life?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Zimmer, Carl
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Published
- 2008
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780307377562
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Science, Technology, History
- Rating
- 4.12 / 5 (957 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14