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Never Home Alone

By Rob Dunn

Never Home Alone

By Rob Dunn

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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.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
336
Release Date:
2019-03-14
Publication Date:
2018-11-06
Publisher:
Basic Books
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1541645766
ISBN13:
9781541645769
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
541 g
Height:
159 cm
Width:
241 cm
Thickness:
35 cm
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