Intimate Strangers: Unseen Life on Earth

Intimate Strangers: Unseen Life on Earth by Cynthia Needham. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781555811631.

This richly illustrated book to accompany the PBS science documentary Intimate Strangers: Unseen Life on Earth combines vivid, descriptive images from the series and original artwork with the compelling story of the world of microbes and their role in the Earths ecosystem. The authors have built upon the series content to offer a more comprehensive view of our relationship with the planets tiniest inhabitants. Targeted to a general audience, the books lively style will engage parents and their children and teachers and their students, along with other members of the science-interested public, putting the vitally important role of the microbial world into stories and terms familiar to the reader.