Basher Science: Microbiology

Basher Science

by Dan Green, Simon Basher

This latest book from the Basher Science series investigates the unseen world of microbes. Basher's distinctive style presents key microbes as characters with their own voice and personality. Microbiology investigates the "teensy tykes" such as algae and bacteria that are all around us in the living world, as well as a range of so-called "minibeasts", but these are not the usual creepy-crawlies that you might think of. These near-invisible creatures range from the zooplankton "good guys" to the unpleasant tapeworm and fluke. Yuk!

Microbiology explains the different building blocks of the human body, as well as the nasty bugs that can make us so ill, whether it's catching a common cold or something much more deadly such as tuberculosis, the second biggest killer in the modern world.

Genres: Science, Nonfiction, Biology

128 pages, Paperback

First published July 21, 2015

About the author

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Dan Green spent his first four years in Africa, until his family swapped the African sun for Welsh rain. He grew up an English-American hybrid in the heart of Wales and then went to Cambridge University to study geology. After college, he shipped out to Italy to chase a dream of rock 'n' roll stardom, wound up in Venezuela, where he became editor of the English language newspaper and survived a coup d'etat and most recently rode his motorbike across Europe to Morocco. Dan is the "voice of Basher" - the best-selling children's science series created by the graphic artist Basher (basherbooks.com/usa/home.html). He has also written humor books, comic strips for Horrible Histories and Horrible Science, and is the author of the Footprint Venezuela Handbook.

Visit his website and find out what he is up to:
www.dangreenbooks.com

Reviews

[Warren · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really like this book, I love how it explains such complex organisms with ease and makes it so the readers can understand, and I like how they added more complex information at the bottom so that more intelligent people can understand it more. I also really like your other books such as math,chemistry, and physics. This book made me feel somewhat smarter because a lot of this stuff I don’t know. This book has taught me many different organisms and how they work. I think you should make more books like this


This book is lacking quotes though and I think it would be better if there were more quotes

[astrobleme · Rating 5 out of 5]

so so so good fav book kickstart of my career

[Serah Chan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved it because it helped me learn about germs and microbes in a cute way because I want to become a doctor.