Books Aug 26, 2016 at 4:00 am

Our Bacteria, Ourselves

Ed Yong’s I Contain Multitudes Exposes the Life-Forms Within Us

Angela Garbes
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I get that you're calling on specifically "bacteria are overlooked" for your analogy, but analogizing some people with bacteria still has a weird flavor, IMO.

Thanks for the review, looks like fun.

Kids these days, if you like Ed Yong, you might like Lewis Thomas from your parents' generation.
Mtn. Beaver on August 29, 2016 at 12:13 PM Report this
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"Freemasons run the country!"
treacle on August 30, 2016 at 5:56 PM Report this

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