Explore a teeming world only visible under a powerful microscope and the crucial role it plays in life on earth. With advancing technical developments, including scanning electron and probe microscopy, the miniature world has now been revealed to us in never-before-seen detail. With nature writer Marianne Taylor as your guide, you will learn about the mcirobes that are at the heart of the world's ecosystems, the composition of these tiny organisms, the structure of plant and animal cells, and key processes such as photosynthesis.