The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health

About Anne BikleDavid R. Montgomery

David R. Montgomery is a Professor of Earth and Space Sciences at the University of Washington. He studies the evolution of topography and the influence of geomorphological processes on ecological systems and human societies. He received his B.S. in geology at Stanford University (1984) and his Ph.D. in geomorphology from UC Berkeley (1991). Current research includes field projects in the Philippines eastern Tibet and the Pacific Northwest of North America. In 2008 Montgomery received a MacArthur Fellowship. His books Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations King of Fish and The Rocks Don''t Lie have all won the Washington State Book Award in General Nonfiction. Montgomery''s Growing a Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life was a finalist for the PEN/E.O. Wilson award for Literary Science Writing. His latest work with W. W. Norton What Your Food Ate: How to Heal Our Land and Reclaim our Health published in 2022. Anne Bikle is a biologist and environmental planner. Her career spans the fields of environmental stewardship habitat restoration and public health. The Hidden Half of Nature is her first book.