Uncover the Hidden World of Microbes Within Us and Gain a New Perspective on Life with 'I Contain Multitudes'

David A. EichingerDavid A. Eichinger: This is a a fantastic book. I would definitely give this as a gift to my friends. I think the best part is about Wolbachia. Also, it was interesting to note how yogurt doesn't seem to have the impact that I thought it did on my microbiome.

United States on Jan 24, 2024

T. O. Whitehead: The book is about the importance of microbes to life, and the amazing lengths to which organisms go to hang on to their good microbes - including humans. Wow!

United States on Jan 15, 2024

SLK: Mr. Yong has managed to describe a very complex and intricate part of our natural world in an easy and entertaining read without becoming textbook-like or pedantic. This is a must read for anyone curious about the natural world.

Canada on Jan 11, 2024

Teo Moltó Caracena: Cette livre change ta Vue sur les microbes

France on Aug 20, 2023

Alyssa Tuininga: I have been wanting to read this book for a long time. Each animal on this planet is host to millions of bacteria and other microbes. This book explores the role that microbes play in our digestion, immune system, development, and reproduction. This really looks at the idea of an individual as an ecosystem and even how the genome of the microbes in our bodies affects our own genomes. As Ed Yong so brilliantly puts it, “The latest estimates suggest that we have around 30 trillion human cells and 39 trillion microbial ones – a roughly even split. Even these numbers are inexact, but that does not really matter: by any reckoning, we contain multitudes.” His writing is basic and very approachable to a non-scientist. It is littered with awesome little anecdotes and facts, a fantastic book!

United States on Aug 01, 2023

Kindle Customer: Good insights about microbes , animals,etc. Apart from increasing knowledge it also influences our thinking about microbes, poop and sanitation

India on Mar 25, 2023

eliza oktawia augustyniak: un libro davvero interessante. ho preso anche una copia per la mia nipote. pieno delle storie sorprendenti sulle nostre esistenza - no, non siamo mai soli :) e sul mondo che ci circonda. consiglio

Italy on Oct 10, 2022

Evandro Marenda: Escrito de forma divertida, abre nossos olhos para as redes complexas em que estamos, das inúmeras relações entre os microorganismos e nós, os seres maiores. O que está por aí, o que mora em nós, por fora e por dentro e aquilo que é tão íntimo nosso, que é, de certa forma, nós. Transforma o olhar e nos faz repensar sobre limites dos indivíduos.

Brazil on Mar 15, 2020

Kiana: “I Contain Multitudes” by Ed Yong explains in 355 pages the amazing benefit that microbes have on earth and in us. This 2016 non-fiction novel informs his readers about the world of microbes and the symbiotic relations they have with their host through a variety of examples as the author dives into the world of microbes. Ed Yong is an award winning science writer that breaks down this new small world in easy to digest layman examples to educate readers the importance of these small organisms with their host. He has traveled to many institutions and spoke the experts of various fields in the world of microbiology to understand the tremendous impact that microbes have. He mainly goes into the world of animals and their relationship with microbes, but he wonderfully connects these examples to help us understand the future of probiotics and disease in humans.

As Yong goes into his examples, it is clear that the microbial world is in a delicate balance with our reality. Although he does focuses on animal, mainly humans and their relationship with microbes, he does points out that Jack Gilbert and Josh Neufeld stated if plants were don’t have any microbes, they surely will...

United States on Jan 13, 2017

Ashutosh S. Jogalekar: It’s time we became friends with microbes. And not just with them but with their very idea, because it’s likely going to be crucial to our lives on this planet and beyond. For a long time most humans have regarded bacteria as a nuisance. This is because we become aware of them only when something goes wrong, only when they cause diseases like tuberculosis and diarrhea. But as Ed Yong reveals in this sweeping, exciting tour of biology, ecology and medicine which is pregnant with possibility, the vast majority of microbes help us in ways which we cannot possibly fathom, which permeate not just our existence but that of every single other life form on our planet. The knowledge that this microbial universe is uncovering holds tantalizing clues to treating diseases, changing how we eat and live and potentially effecting a philosophical upheaval in our view of our relationship with each other and with the rest of life.

Yong’s book shines in three ways. Firstly it’s not just a book about the much heralded ‘microbiome’ – the densely populated and ubiquitous universe of bacteria which lives on and within us and which rivals our cells in terms of numbers – but it’s...

United States on Aug 09, 2016