Martin Hromada
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Who are we, where do we come from, and how have we come to be what we are? These are questions that have been puzzling humans for thousands of years, at least since the first written evidence of philosophical and metaphysical reflections.
“Speaking of palms, your right hand shares just a sixth of its microbial species with your left hand.19”
― I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
― I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
“Within 24 hours of moving into a new place we overwrite it with our own microbes, turning it into a reflection of ourselves.”
― I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
― I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
“There's no excuse to be bored. Sad, yes. Angry, yes. Depressed, yes. Crazy, yes. But there's no excuse for boredom, ever.”
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“Not all those who wander are lost.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
― The Fellowship of the Ring
“All zoology is really ecology. We cannot fully understand the lives of animals without understanding our microbes and our symbioses with them.”
― I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
― I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
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