"The Amoeba in the Room and Fungi in the Sky," by Nicholas P. Money
Channel: kcdigitalvideo
Date: 12/03/2017

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“The Ameoba in the Room & the Fungi in the Sky," by Nicholas P. Money Ph.D.

Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Faith in our senses has led to fundamental misunderstandings
about the meaning of life. We see an elephant but the amoeba in
the mud beneath its feet is more important for the health of the
planet. We miscast ourselves too, regarding Homo sapiens as the
principal marvel of creation. In fact, we are complex ecosystems,
part animal part microbe, with trillions of bacteria in our gut
that fuel our metabolism and even influence our thoughts. In this
presentation, Professor Nicholas Money offers an overview of the
microbial hegemony on earth and describes his recent research
linking fungal spores to rainfall.

Nicholas P. Money, PhD, is an Anglo-American gentleman of letters
and professor at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He is an
expert on fungal growth and reproduction. Nicholas has authored a
number of popular science books that celebrate the diversity of
the microbial world, including “Mr. Bloomfield’s Orchard” (2002),
and “The Amoeba in the Room” (2014). His first novel, “The
Mycologist: The Diary of Bartholomew Leach, Professor of Natural
Philosophy,” is a comedy of errors and will be published in 2017.

Drawing/Illustrations for Titles & Credits:

scanning electron microscope
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Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778)
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First Microscopes
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Robert Hooke (1635-1703)
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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723)
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La Dioptrique
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Joseph Leidy
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Descartes by Nason
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Microscope of Descartes
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Petro Antoio Micheli Nova Plantarvm Genera title page 
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Petro Antoio Micheli Nova Plantarvm Genera book cover
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Researches on Fungi; volumes I to VII
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A. H. Reginald Buller 1874-1944
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Pier Antonio Micheli
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Galileo Galilei
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Dante Alighieri
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Agaricus campestris, "Meadow Mushroom"
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Rolling Clouds Time Lapse by beachfront
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Elsie Maud Wakefield
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Terence Ingold
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Stoke Law
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John Webster
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Rain Clouds
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