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About the Book

This richly illustrated book to accompany the PBS science documentary Intimate Strangers: Unseen Life on Earth (Executive Producer, Peter Baker) combines vivid, descriptive images from the series and original artwork with the compelling story of the world of microbes and their role in the Earth's ecosystem. The authors have built upon the series content to offer a more comprehensive view of our relationship with the planet's tiniest inhabitants.

Targeted to a general audience, the book's lively style will engage parents and their children and teachers and their students, along with other members of the science-interested public, putting the vitally important role of the microbial world into stories and terms familiar to the reader.

For more information on the telecourse, video series, and PBS science documentary, visit MicrobeWorld and the Annenberg/CPB Project.

• Approachable book for the scientist and non-scientist alike
• Lavishly illustrated throughout with over 300 descriptive images and original llustrations
• Text and illustrations effectively integrated to enrich the reader's understanding
• Comprehensive overview of microbial life, from their initial role as Earth's first inhabitants to their future as our partners in the Age of Biology
• A closer look at the molecules in the microbes

Hardcover, 250 pages, 4-color illustrations throughout.