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Identifies the one hundred most prevalent, powerful, and interesting organisms, microbes, bacteria, and germs that not only surround, but inhabit human beings, blending history, science, politics, philosophy, and first aid
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"Informative and compelling"--The New York Times
"Witty, acerbic, and thorough . . . eminently entertaining."--BooklistAbout the Author
Wayne Biddle won a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on the "Star Wars" antimissile project. He is the author of six books, including A Field Guide to Germs, winner of the American Medical Writers Association's Walter C. Alvarez Honor Award, and Dark Side of the Moon, which was selected as a New York Times Book Review editor's choice. He teaches at Johns Hopkins University.
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