Our world is built on an invisible one we are barely beginning to understand. In The Hidden
Half of Nature geologist David R. Montgomery and biologist Anne Biklé argue that Earth's
smallest creatures-microbes-could fundamentally change how we grow food what we eat and how we
practise medicine. The Hidden Half of Nature shares Montgomery and Biklé's efforts to turn a
barren patch of ground into a flourishing garden and Biklé's struggle with cancer. Taking
readers deep into the science and history of agriculture and immunology they show that
microbes can provide powerful solutions to the problems plaguing modern agriculture as well as
our own bodies. A spellbinding story The Hidden Half of Nature reveals how we can restore
fertility to the land and defeat chronic diseases.
