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Never Home Alone

Rob Dunn
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.
Autor: Dunn, Rob
EAN: 9781541647206
Sprache: Englisch
Seitenzahl: 367
Produktart: kartoniert, broschiert
Verlag: Hachette Book Group USA
Veröffentlichungsdatum: 30.04.2020
Untertitel: From Microbes to Millipedes, Camel Crickets, and Honeybees, the Natural History of Where We Live
Schlagworte: Englische Bücher / Sachbuch / Natur Erdkunde Geografie - Geograf Basteln / Heimwerken Do it yourself Heimwerken Natur / Tiere, Pflanzen Geografie / Physiogeografie Physiogeografie Tier Zoologie / Tier Naturschutz / Tierschutz Tierschutz Topografie Umwelt / Schutz, Umweltschutz Biologie Mensch / Biologie Biowissenschaften Life Sciences Artenschutz Bedrohte Pflanzen u. Tiere Naturschutz / Artenschutz Rote Liste (biologisch) Ökologie Entomologie Insekt Kerbtier Kerf
Größe: 28 × 102 × 168
Gewicht: 182 g