{"product_id":"microcosm-e-coli-and-the-new-science-of-life-9780307276865","title":"Microcosm: E. Coli and the New Science of Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eA Best Book of the Year\u003ci\u003eSeed Magazine \u003c\/i\u003e- \u003ci\u003eGranta Magazine \u003c\/i\u003e- \u003ci\u003eThe Plain-Dealer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eIn this fascinating and utterly engaging book, Carl Zimmer traces \u003ci\u003eE. coli\u003c\/i\u003e's pivotal role in the history of biology, from the discovery of DNA to the latest advances in biotechnology. He reveals the many surprising and alarming parallels between \u003ci\u003eE. coli\u003c\/i\u003e's life and our own. And he describes how \u003ci\u003eE. coli \u003c\/i\u003echanges in real time, revealing billions of years of history encoded within its genome. \u003ci\u003eE. coli\u003c\/i\u003e is also the most engineered species on Earth, and as scientists retool this microbe to produce life-saving drugs and clean fuel, they are discovering just how far the definition of life can be stretched.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarl Zimmer\u003c\/b\u003e writes about science for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and his work also appears in \u003ci\u003eNational Geographic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eScientific American\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDiscover\u003c\/i\u003e, where he is a contributing editor. He won a 2007 National Academies Communication Award, the highest honor for science writing. He is the author of five prevcious books, including \u003ci\u003eEvolution: The Triumph of an Idea\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eParasite Rex\u003c\/i\u003e, for which he has earned fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Zimmer also writes an award-winning blog, The Loom. He lives in Connecticut with his wife and children.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50410079289618,"sku":"9780307276865","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d97ba1a6-5412-45f8-ae5f-9820ae0175ab.jpg?v=1729301164","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/microcosm-e-coli-and-the-new-science-of-life-9780307276865","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}