Never Home Alone: From Microbes to Millipedes, Camel Crickets, and Honeybees, the Natural History of Where We Live

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Synopsis
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.

Copyright:
2018

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
336 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781541645745
Related ISBNs:
9781541645769
Publisher:
Basic Books
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Rob Dunn
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Science, Animals, Cooking, Food and Wine, Home and Garden, Outdoors and Nature, Social Studies, Earth Sciences, Medicine
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Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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