The Guardian has just reviewed Microcosm: E. coli and the New Science of Life:
"This is a thought-provoking book that wrenches us from our human-centred perspective and gives us a guide to life through the chemical-sensing molecules of a species that was here long before we were, and which will certainly outlive us."
The full review is here. The Columbia Journalism Reviewwants you to read it too...
"It is a story of discovery that illuminates a microscopic and alien world and explains how it has helped guide the course of human history. Anybody that picks up a copy will find that Zimmer has produced a book not just about E. coli, but about microbiology and evolution itself."
