Never Home Alone
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- $19.99
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- $19.99
Publisher Description
A natural history of the wilderness in our homes, from the microbes in our showers to the crickets in our basements
Even when the floors are sparkling clean and the house seems silent, our domestic domain is wild beyond imagination. In Never Home Alone, biologist Rob Dunn introduces us to the nearly 200,000 species living with us in our own homes, from the Egyptian meal moths in our cupboards and camel crickets in our basements to the lactobacillus lounging on our kitchen counters. You are not alone. Yet, as we obsess over sterilizing our homes and separating our spaces from nature, we are unwittingly cultivating an entirely new playground for evolution. These changes are reshaping the organisms that live with us -- prompting some to become more dangerous, while undermining those species that benefit our bodies or help us keep more threatening organisms at bay. No one who reads this engrossing, revelatory book will look at their homes in the same way again.
Customer Reviews
Exposure of invisible creatures
Thanks. This book was amazing and the science behind it incredible. I am a physician and plan to implement this into my practice when I treat patients who have infections allergies and gastrointestinal and behavioral problems. This book has given me a plethora of innovative ideas that I can implement immediately. I will advised all my colleagues to get this book so maybe we can start to change the way we practice medicine. Thank you again.