The Book Prize Index

Microcosm: E.Coli and the New Science of Life

Carl Zimmer

Addresses the fundamental question of what it means to be alive from the perspective of a microbe, E. coli, that exists within all human beings, examining the germ's evolution and its important role in the history of biology.

ScienceScience · high confidenceScience81 signalsLlm Classifier: Science -> ScienceGoogle Books: Science -> ScienceAward Category: Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science and Technology -> ScienceScience & DiscoveryMedicine, Health & the Body

Award History

0 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science and TechnologyMajor2008FinalistSecondary source
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Experimental book profileGenerated by GPT-5.4 nano · may contain inaccuracies

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  1. 01 Central figures

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

    These suggestions did not meet the normal display threshold and are more likely to be wrong.

    • E. coli45%

  2. 02 Central places

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    No argument inferred with sufficient confidence.

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    45 / 100 academic

    Trade / academic crossover

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 42%.