Showing posts with label third international congress for microbiology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label third international congress for microbiology. Show all posts

Monday, March 3, 2014

"Only re-Connect" : Henry Dawson and the Human Fabric

In 1928-1929, (Martin) Henry Dawson fell upon an explanation for something the Era of Modernity definitely felt needed explaining.

How, in the name of Darwin , if the bacteria were so small, weak and stupid , had they survived on the Earth dozens of times longer than their next nearest (and much larger and much more complex) rivals ?