ABSTRACT

You Under the Microscope explores the unseen and unusual microscopic processes happening around us—and on us, and inside us!—every day.

Fun, colorful, and ingeniously illustrated, this book highlights the far out and fabulous things happening under, on, and occasionally up our noses. Ooh and ahh at the infographics exploring tiny creatures living on our faces, the trillions of bacteria and viruses within our bodies, the genes we’ve never seen but (literally) couldn't live without, and even medical marvels like 3D-printed organs.

With dozens of novel and fascinating scientific tidbits presented in a familiar setting—you!—this book is for anyone interested in learning more about human biology, microbes, genetics, cutting-edge medicine or simply seeing the everyday a little bit differently.

chapter 2|2 pages

Germopolis

chapter 3|2 pages

Many More Microbiomes

chapter 6|1 pages

Bring Back My Biome to Me

chapter 7|1 pages

Let's have Some Fun(GI)

chapter 8|2 pages

Mite You Spare a Follicle?

chapter 10|2 pages

Beds, Bugs and Beyond

chapter 11|1 pages

Incredibly Crafty Critters

chapter 13|2 pages

Microbes to the Rescue!

chapter 14|2 pages

We All Go Viral

chapter 16|2 pages

Put Away that DNA!

chapter 18|2 pages

Too Much of a Good Gene?

chapter 19|1 pages

Hox Rocks!

chapter 20|1 pages

Balanced on the Hedge

chapter 21|2 pages

Telo Me Your Life Story

chapter 22|2 pages

Just Here to Interfere

chapter 23|1 pages

When Your Honker is Honking

chapter 24|1 pages

UGH, Brain Freeze!

chapter 25|1 pages

Nerves Made for Speed

chapter 26|1 pages

Human See, Human Do

chapter 27|2 pages

The Thinker is a Shrinker

chapter 28|2 pages

You Stem from Stem Cells

chapter 29|2 pages

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

chapter 31|1 pages

Human Print Queue

chapter 33|1 pages

Keep the Beat

chapter 34|1 pages

Peculiar Platelets

chapter 35|2 pages

Lymph is No Wimp

chapter 36|2 pages

Call in the (Immuno) Cavalry

chapter 37|2 pages

Fight Back with a Vac(cine)

chapter 40|1 pages

Eyes Need Some Lasers