SMALL WONDERS: HOW MICROBES RULE OUR WORLD
Book ID/图书代码： 11980508B21312
English Summary/英文概要： In the spirit of Natalie Angier’s The Canon, and writing with the verve and wit of Bill Bryson, Small Wonders takes the reader on a fantastic voyage to the microscopic, but massively influential, world of microbiology. It’s a strange and dangerous world where oxygen is a lethal poison, sulphur is a delicious treat, deception is a basic survival skill, and perfectly good alcohol is simply thrown away.
Idan Ben-Barak wears his learning lightly as he introduces us to the amazing lives and workings of genes and proteins, bacteria, and viruses, and the myriad ways in which they interact to shape life on Earth. On the journey, we learn about the teamwork required to rot human teeth; the microbe superheroes who feed on radioactive waste; suicide genes; the origins of diseases and antibiotic resistance; and the numerous respects in which microbes benefit human life — from manufacturing food and medicine, to mining gold, finding oil, cleaning up the mess we make, and generally rendering the Earth habitable.
Small Wonders is popular science at its best. Ben-Barak’s love of bugs is infectious and makes for a scintillating, fast-moving adventure that will appeal to even the least scientifically savvy of readers.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 秉承娜塔莉·安吉尔《正典》的精神，继承比尔·布莱森大气睿智的写作风格，《微小的奇观》引领读者踏上神奇之旅，有机会发现显微镜下有着广泛影响力的微生物学世界。这是一个神奇而危险的世界，氧气成了致命的毒药，硫是珍馐佳肴，欺骗是基本的生存法则，诱人美酒被人们随意丢弃。
伊旦-本-巴拉克向我们介绍了各种基因，蛋白质，细菌，病毒的令人匪夷所思的生活和工作情况以及它们互相作用塑造地球上生命的诸多方式。踏上这条学术之旅，我们能学到很多：细菌腐蚀人的牙齿所必需的团队协作；微生物中以放射性垃圾为生的超级英雄；自杀性基因；疾病和抗生反应的根源；微生物造福人类的诸多方面——食品和药品的生产，开采金矿，勘探石油，清理我们制造的垃圾，或是简单地使地球更适宜居住。
《微笑的奇观》充其量只是科普读物。对小虫子的钟爱具有传染性，也促成了这次快节奏，才气横溢的科学奇遇，即使是对科学毫无理解力的“科学白痴”也会被深深吸引。
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About the Author/作者介绍： Idan Ben-Barak holds a B.Sc. in medical science and an M.Sc. in microbiology from the Hadassah School of Medicine at the University of Jerusalem, and is currently working towards a Ph.D. in the history and philosophy of science at the University of Sydney. His first foray into writing for a popular readership was submitting a couple of quirky pieces of fiction to New Scientist. He received a scholarship from the Writing Centre for Scholars and Researchers at the University of Melbourne to work on Small Wonders, his first book. His website:
http://idanbb.wordpress.com/
伊旦-本-巴拉克持有耶路撒冷大学哈达萨医学院的医药科学理学士学位，微生物学硕士学位，现在悉尼大学攻读历史和哲学科学的博士学位。他第一次触电为普通大众写作是向《新科学家》投了两篇离奇的科幻小说。他凭借他的第一本书《微小的奇观》获得学者和研究者写作中心的奖学金。他的个人网站：http://idanbb.wordpress.com/
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