¡°In I Contain Multitudes, Yong synthesizes literally hundreds and hundreds of papers, but he never overwhelms you with the science. He just keeps imparting one surprising, fascinating insight after the next. I Contain Multitudes is science journalism at its best.¡± (Bill Gates)
¡°[An] excellent and vivid introduction to our microbiota. . . . infectiously enthusiastic.¡± (New York Times Book Review)
¡°A science journalist¡¯s first book is an excellent, vivid introduction to the all-enveloping realm of our secret sharers.¡± (New York Times Book Review, Editor's Choice)
¡°Offer[s] engrossing-and gross-details about how an invisible world shapes our species¡¦Mr. Yong¡¯s book lives up to its title, containing multitudes of facts presented in graceful, accessible prose¡¦.The author wonderfully turns to the humanities again and again to enrich the book¡¯s scientific detail¡¦And he¡¯s funny.¡± (Wall Street Journal)
¡°Not since de Kruif¡¯s classic, ¡°Microbe Hunters,¡¯¡¯ has this invisible world been brought so vividly to life¡¦ Yong¡¯s curiosity and humor made me smile and even laugh out loud, much to my husband¡¯s surprise. By the end of the book his sense of wonder for microbes was, well, infectious.¡± (Boston Globe)
¡°For a lesser writer, the temptation to oversimplify the science or to sex up unwarranted conclusions might have proved irresistible. Mr Yong expertly avoids these pitfalls¡¦. I Contain Multitudes bowls along wonderfully without it. His hero, Sir David [Attenborough], would surely approve.¡± (The Economist)
¡°Beautifully written. . . . Yong - who like Carl Zimmer belongs to the highest tier of science journalists at work today - weaves revelatory anecdotes and cutting-edge reporting into an elegant, illuminating page-turner.¡± (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
¡°Beautiful, smart, and sometimes shocking.¡± (Wired)
¡°Masterful . . . a tale that shifts our personal cosmology and compels us to look anew at the world (The Guardian)
¡°A delightful, witty book. Yong vividly describes the intricate alliances forged by microbes with every other organism on the planet (Science)