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No background in science? Mysteries of the Microscopic World teaches you all the biology you need to understand! Cells as the basic unit of life, DNA as the amazingly versatile genetic code, the immune system as an almost miraculous arsenal of defenses, and other features of the tiny domain where microbes thrive. Professor Fleury weaves these and many other stories into a spellbinding narrative that takes you from the germ theory of disease to germ warfare, from the challenges of being small to the advantages of infecting through a "vector" intermediary, from ancient prokaryotes to the latest probiotics.