Good Germs, Bad Germs: Health and Survival in a Bacterial World

Author:   Jessica Snyder Sachs
Publisher:   Hill & Wang Inc.,U.S.
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9780809016426


Pages:   304
Publication Date:   30 September 2008
Format:   Paperback
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Public sanitation and antibiotic drugs have brought about historic increases in the human life span; they have also unintentionally produced new health crises by disrupting the intimate, age-old balance between humans and the microorganisms that inhabit our bodies and our environment. As a result, antibiotic resistance now ranks among the gravest medical problems of modern times. Good Germs, Bad Germs tells the story of what went terribly wrong in our war on germs. It also offers a hopeful look into a future in which antibiotics will be designed and used more wisely, and beyond that to a day when we may replace antibacterial drugs and cleansers with bacterial ones.

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Author:   Jessica Snyder Sachs
Publisher:   Hill & Wang Inc.,U.S.
Imprint:   Hill & Wang Inc.,U.S.
Dimensions:   Width: 14.10cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.296kg
ISBN:  

9780809016426


ISBN 10:   0809016427
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   30 September 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained
The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you.
Language:   English

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Ground-breaking. --Newsweek Could hardly be more timely. -- The New York Times Brings the battle against dirt firmly into the 21st century. -- The Washington Post Explains how our obsession with cleanliness led us to this point and details how science may still find a way past the danger. -- O, The Oprah Magazine


Ground-breaking. --Newsweek Could hardly be more timely. -- The New York Times Brings the battle against dirt firmly into the 21st century. -- The Washington Post Explains how our obsession with cleanliness led us to this point and details how science may still find a way past the danger. -- O, The Oprah Magazine


Author Information

Jessica Snyder Sachs is a freelance science writer. Her first book, Corpse: Nature, Forensics, and the Struggle to Pinpoint Time of Death, was published in 2001. She lives in New Jersey.

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