The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health

by David R. Montgomery

Book Overview

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 Bikl? decide to restore life into their barren yard by creating a garden, dead dirt threatens...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393244407
• ISBN13: 9780393244403
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.4"