Outer Reaches of Life

The world of microbes extends to some of the most inhospitable places on Earth. What features enable them to survive such extremes and what role have microbes played in transforming the primitive Earth and in the evolution of life itself? In this fascinating account John Postgate, one of this country's leading microbiologists, conveys to non-scientist readers something of the way in which our understanding of that largely invisible world of living things answers these and many other profound questions.Postgate, John R. is the author of 'Outer Reaches of Life', published 1994 under ISBN 9780521440103 and ISBN 0521440106.