The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health
Montgomery, David R.; Bikle, Anne
Language: English
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, NY, 2016
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Signed by David Montgomery on title page. Pencil marginalia and underlining, else textblock is clean and tight; Moderate reading crease along the spine, creased corners, wear to the edges. 309p., including sources and index. Size: 8vo - over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" tall.
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- Title
- The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health
- Author
- Montgomery, David R.; Bikle, Anne
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company, NY
- Publication year
- 2016
- Condition
- Very Good
- Book Type
- Paperback
- Binding
- Wraps
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0393244407
- ISBN 13
- 9780393244403
- Illustrator
- Photographs/Graphs/Charts/Folded Maps/Rear Pocket Map
- Edition
- 1st Printing.
- Seller catalogs
- Health & Fitness/Self Help, Science
A riveting exploration of how microbes are transforming the way we see nature and ourselves―and could revolutionize agriculture and medicine.
Prepare to set aside what you think you know about yourself and microbes. Good health―for people and for plants―depends on Earth’s smallest creatures. The Hidden Half of Nature tells the story of our tangled relationship with microbes and their potential to revolutionize agriculture and medicine, from garden to gut.
When David R. Montgomery and Anne Biklé decide to restore life into their barren yard by creating a garden, dead dirt threatens their dream. As a cure, they feed their soil a steady diet of organic matter. The results impress them. In short order, the much-maligned microbes transform their bleak yard into a flourishing Eden. Beneath their feet, beneficial microbes and plant roots continuously exchange a vast array of essential compounds. The authors soon learn that this miniaturized commerce is central to botanical life’s master strategy for defense and health.
They are abruptly plunged further into investigating microbes when Biklé is diagnosed with cancer. Here, they discover an unsettling truth. An armada of bacteria (our microbiome) sails the seas of our gut, enabling our immune system to sort microbial friends from foes. But when our gut microbiome goes awry, our health can go with it. The authors also discover startling insights into the similarities between plant roots and the human gut. We are not what we eat. We are all―for better or worse―the product of what our microbes eat.
This leads to a radical reconceptualization of our relationship to the natural world: by cultivating beneficial microbes, we can rebuild soil fertility and help turn back the modern plague of chronic diseases. The Hidden Half of Nature reveals how to transform agriculture and medicine―by merging the mind of an ecologist with the care of a gardener and the skill of a doctor.
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About the Author
AnneBiklé is a biologist and environmental planner. Her career spans thefields of environmental stewardship, habitat restoration, and publichealth. The Hidden Half of Nature is her first book.
Their website is dig2grow.com
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