Never Home Alone : : From Microbes to Millipedes, Camel Crickets, and Honeybees, the Natural History of Where we Live

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Call Number: 570 Du, Adult Book / Nonfiction / Science & Nature / General / Dunn, Rob R.
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Traverwood Branch

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Prologue: homo indoorus -- Wonder -- The hot spring in the basement -- Seeing in the dark -- Absence as a disease -- Bathing in a stream of life -- The problem with abundance -- The far sighted ecologist -- What good is a camel cricket? -- The problem with cockroaches is us -- Look what the cat dragged in -- Gardening the bodies of babies -- The flavor of biodiversity.
A natural history of the wilderness in our homes, from the microbes in our showers to the crickets in our basements.

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Never Home Alone submitted by leighsprauer on March 20, 2019, 7:54pm Never Home Alone is a biologist's exploration of the bacteria, viruses, fungi, and bugs that live among us. Starting with Leeuwenhoek's discoveries with early microscopes, Dunn describes the scientific knowledge - or more often, lack thereof - about all the lifeforms that live either exclusively or predominately indoors. Surprisingly many of these are unnamed and unknown; we're only just beginning to catalogue all the species around us. Not surprisingly, this life affects our lives, in ways that we're also just beginning to grasp.
Dunn is the rare scientist who is able to write "for the masses" - the book flowed logically, the content was thorough, and the writing was precise, if not beautiful. More importantly, he makes a strong case for preserving and fostering biodiversity. On that issue alone, the book is worth reading.

A read to open your eyes to the world around you...or on you submitted by soonrightaway on January 5, 2020, 10:15pm This was a fun science/nature read that really made me more aware and interested in the microbes, bugs, and creatures around me -- especially those common in your own home and on your own skin. Did you know that tiny crustaceans in your clean drinking water is a good sign of a healthy water source? Did you know that we might have been in a better place to prevent "superbugs" by treating "bad" bacteria with "good" strains instead of antibiotics? Did you know that you coat yourself with bacteria when you shower? If this sounds interesting to you, you'll surely enjoy this book.