Intimate Strangers

Tufts Univ. Boston, MA. Combines vivid images from the complementary major PBS television series (see title). Includes original artwork to tell the story of the world of microbes and their role in the earth's ecosystems. Color illustrations and photographs. For the general reader.

Cynthia Needham, Ph.D., Executive Science Producer with ICAN Productions Ltd., is an Associate Professor of Microbiology at Boston and Tufts University Medical Schools, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology. Mahlon Hoagland, M.D., a noted molecular biologist and member of the National Academy of Sciences, is best known as discoverer of amino acid-activating enzymes and co-discoverer of transfer RNA, important components of life's machinery. Kenneth A. McPherson, Executive Producer for Science and Technology with ICAN Productions Ltd., is a frequent consultant and writer on scientific and information technology topics.