I Contain Multitudes：The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life

Yourbodyisteemingwithtensoftrillionsofmicrobes.It’sanentireworld,acolonyfulloflife.Inotherwords,youcontainmultitudes.Thesemicroscopiccompanionssculptourorgans,protectusfromdiseases,guideourbehaviour,andbombarduswiththeirgenes.Theyalsoholdthekeytounderstandingalllifeonearth.InIContainMultitudes,EdYongopensoureyesandinvitesustomarvelatourselvesandotheranimalsinanewlight,lessasindividualsandmoreasthrivingecosystems.Welearntheinvisibleandwondroussciencebehindthecoralsthatconstructmightyreefsandthesquidthatcreatetheirownlightshows.Weseehowbacteriacanalterourresponsetocancer-fightingdrugs,tuneourimmunesystem,influenceourevolution,andevenmodifyourgeneticmake-up.Andwemeetthescientistswhoaremanipulatingthesemicroscopicpartnerstoouradvantage.Inamilliontinyways,IContainMultitudeswillradicallychangehowyouthinkaboutthenaturalworld,andhowyouseeyourself.