Rob Dunn: 6 books
The Wild Life of Our Bodies
Predators, Parasites, and Partners That Shape Who We Are Today
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2011
“Anextraordinary book…. With clarity and charm [Dunn] takes the reader into theoverlap of medicine, ecology, and evolutionary biology to reveal an importantdomain of the human condition.” —EdwardO. Wilson, author of Anthill and The Future of Life
BiologistRob Dunn reveals the crucial...
The Man Who Touched His Own Heart
True Tales of Science, Surgery, and Mystery
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2015
The secret history of our most vital organ--the human heart
The Man Who Touched His Own Hearttells the raucous, gory, mesmerizing story of the heart, from the first "explorers" who dug up cadavers and plumbed their hearts' chambers, through the first heart surgeries-which had to be...
Never Home Alone
From Microbes to Millipedes, Camel Crickets, and Honeybees, the Natural History of Where We Live
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2018
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...
Every Living Thing
Man's Obsessive Quest to Catalog Life, from Nanobacteria to New Monkeys
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009
“If you have any interest in life beyond your own, you should read this book.”
—Paul R. Ehrlich, author of The Dominant Animal
Biologist Rob Dunn’s Every Little Thing is the story of man’s obsessive quest to catalog life, from nanobacteria to new monkeys. In the tradition of E.O....
Never Out of Season
How Having the Food We Want When We Want It Threatens Our Food Supply and Our Future
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
A Fast Food Nation for the foods we grow and depend on
The bananas we eat today aren't your parents' bananas: We eat a recognizable, consistent breakfast fruit that was standardized in the 1960s from dozens into one basic banana. But because of that, the banana we love is dangerously susceptible...
by Andrew F. Herrmann, Art Herbig, Tony E. Adams
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2016
Popular culture helps construct, define, and impact our everyday realities and must be taken seriously because popular culture is, simply, popular. Communication Perspectives on Popular Culture brings together communication experts with diverse backgrounds, from interpersonal communication, business...