"Life on Man" – amazing book on human associated microbes

Just got this book by Theodor Rosebury in the mail: The Tree of Life Store – Life on Man.

I ordered it a few days ago after someone named Richard Montgomery posted a comment about it in relation to my “Human microbiome” talk that is posted at TED.

Just starting the book but it is awesome so far.  Definitely worth trying to get a copy.  Though it is out of print, I found many copies online … //ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&OneJS=1&Operation=GetAdHtml&MarketPlace=US&source=ac&ref=tf_til&ad_type=product_link&tracking_id=thtrofli-20&marketplace=amazon&region=US&placement=0670427934&asins=0670427934&linkId=UY6Y5ADMTK4HG6FI&show_border=true&link_opens_in_new_window=true

Author: Jonathan Eisen

I am an evolutionary biologist and a Professor at U. C. Davis. (see my lab site here). My research focuses on the origin of novelty (how new processes and functions originate). To study this I focus on sequencing and analyzing genomes of organisms, especially microbes and using phylogenomic analysis View all posts by Jonathan Eisen