Microlands by David Ewing Duncan (Paperback Book)

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An epic travelogue, brimming with the excitement of discovery. With characteristic panache, Venter unveils the teeming array of bacteria, viruses, and eukaryotes that crowd our planets oceans Siddhartha MukherjeeThis pageturner gives . . . the thrill of seeing our planets largest universe through the brilliant, intrepid eyes of the scientist who has done more than anyone to unlock the secrets of life Martine RothblattA tour de force . . . Venter has expanded biologys horizons. This book explores microbial life on a global scale, providing cuttingedge solutions to problems of environmental change Aristides PatrinosA ripping tale . . . to revolutionize our understanding of our bodies, the oceans, and the planet Jack GilbertAn exhilarating account of how creative science is accomplished Sir Richard J. Roberts[A] fascinating tour of Planet Microbe Bill McKibbenVenter and Duncan expand our scope of what it means to be alive Jamie MetzlInspiring ... change[s] our ideas of how biology is done TelegraphUpon completing his historic work on the Human Genome Project in 2002, J. Craig Venter declared that he would sequence the genetic code of all life on earth. Thus began a fifteenyear quest to collect DNA from the worlds oldest and most abundant form of life microbes. Boarding the Sorcerer II, a 100foot sailboat turned research vessel, Venter travelled over 65,000 miles around the globe to sample ocean water and the microscopic life within. In this book, Venter and science... | J. Craig Venter Microlands : The Future of Life on Earth (and Why It's Smaller