Nicholas P. Money

The hidden role of fungi inside and all around us. From beneficial yeasts that aid digestion to toxic moulds that cause disease, we are constantly navigating a world filled with fungi. Molds, Mushrooms, and Medicines explores the amazing ways fungi interact with our bodies, showing how our health and well-being depend on an immense ecosystem of yeasts and moulds inside...

Mushrooms are loved, despised, feared, and misunderstood. They have been a familiar part of nature throughout human history and occupy a special place in our consciousness. Nicholas P. Money introduces the mythology and science of the spectacular array of fungi that produce mushrooms, the history of our interactions with these curious and beautiful organisms, and the ways that humans use...

Nature Fast and Nature Slow presents a vision of biology encompassed within the vast timescale of the universe. It explores the timing of life, ranging from microsecond movements to evolutionary transformations spanning millions of years. Human consciousness is anchored to seconds, yet a split-second delay in perception renders us unaware of events until they have already occurred. Essentially, we live...