Microcosm
E. Coli and the New Science of Life (Vintage)
by Carl Zimmer
Acclaimed science writer Carl Zimmer uses the familiar bacterium E. coli as a prism to understand what life is, and what it will become.
Escherichia coliMicrobiology, historyMolecular biologyGeneticsHistory, modern, 20th centuryNew York Times reviewedMicrobiologyHistory