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I, Superorganism: Learning to Love Your Inner Ecosystem

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Discover your body's hidden microbial universe.

If you're curious about the unseen world inside you, "I, Superorganism" will offer a riveting exploration. Jon Turney, with his accessible science communication style, unravels the complex and essential relationships between our bodies and our microbial partners. Delving into this book, you'll gain a profound appreciation for your inner ecosystem and the delicate balance that sustains your health. It's a must-read for anyone fascinated by the interplay between biology and wellbeing.

  • Royal Society of Biology General Book Prize Nominee (2015)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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I, Superorganism: Learning to Love Your Inner Ecosystem

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ISBN: 9781785780240
Authors: Jon Turney
Publisher: Icon Books
Date of Publication: 2015-12-24
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Science, Personal Development
Related Topics: Popular Science, Biology, Medicine, Health
Goodreads rating: 3.47
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Every human body carries a secret: a huge population of microorganisms living in the mouth, on the skin, in the gut. They help digest our food, make essential vitamins, break down toxins, and metabolise drugs. They exert an invisible influence on our hormones, our immune systems, perhaps even our brains. This is the human microbiome — a living, shifting system of previously unimagined importance and complexity. In this first book-length account of this new realm of human biology, award-winning science writer Jon Turney explores the microbiome in detail, charting its birth and development, investigating how it works, and assessing its many implications for our health, including its potential to shed new light on conditions such as bowel diseases, cancer, allergies, and asthma. He considers the potential impacts of our modern disinfectant and antibiotic obsessions and ponders a future of designer microbiomes and mood-altering probiotics. This book will make you think again about your relationship with your body, your habits — even your sense of who and what you are — as it reveals what it means to be a 21st century superorganism.
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Discover your body's hidden microbial universe.

If you're curious about the unseen world inside you, "I, Superorganism" will offer a riveting exploration. Jon Turney, with his accessible science communication style, unravels the complex and essential relationships between our bodies and our microbial partners. Delving into this book, you'll gain a profound appreciation for your inner ecosystem and the delicate balance that sustains your health. It's a must-read for anyone fascinated by the interplay between biology and wellbeing.

  • Royal Society of Biology General Book Prize Nominee (2015)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.