Microcosm Review in New England Journal of Medicine: "A Phantasmagoric Read"

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By Carl Zimmer
Oct 31, 2008 5:27 AMNov 5, 2019 4:46 AM

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Sweet review of Microcosm in the latest issue of the New England Journal of Medicine:

All in all, Microcosm is a phantasmagoric read that explains how our understanding of the nature of E. coli has helped to unravel the mysteries of our own nature and evolution. The book is impressive for the information it imparts and even more impressive for the ideas it provokes.

So there you go.

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