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Microlands - The Future of Life on Earth (and Why It’s Smaller Than You Think) (Hardcover)
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Microlands - The Future of Life on Earth (and Why It’s Smaller Than You Think) (Hardcover)
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Upon 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 fifteen-year quest to
collect DNA from the world's oldest and most abundant form of life:
microbes. Boarding the Sorcerer II, a 100-foot 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 writer David Ewing Duncan tell the
remarkable story of these expeditions and of the momentous
discoveries that ensued-of plant-like bacteria that get their
energy from the sun, proteins that metabolize vast amounts of
hydrogen, and microbes whose genes shield them from ultraviolet
light. The result was a massive library of millions of unknown
genes, thousands of unseen protein families, and new lineages of
bacteria that revealed the unimaginable complexity of life on
earth. Yet despite this exquisite diversity, Venter encountered
sobering reminders of how human activity is disturbing the delicate
microbial ecosystem that nurtures life on earth. In the face of
unprecedented climate change, Venter and Duncan show how we can
harness the microbial genome to develop alternative sources of
energy, food, and medicine that might ultimately avert our
destruction. A captivating story of exploration and discovery, this
book restores microbes to their rightful place as crucial partners
in our evolutionary past and guides to our future.
General
Imprint: |
Robinson
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
February 2024 |
Authors: |
J. Craig Venter
• David Ewing Duncan
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Foreword by: |
Erling Norrby
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Dimensions: |
240 x 156 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
336 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4721-4417-1 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-4721-4417-1 |
Barcode: |
9781472144171 |
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