Marianne Taylor has a BSc in Psychology from Sheffield University and worked in publishing for several years before following her passion for natural history and starting to write about it. Today she is a naturalist, photographer and illustrator, and the author of more than 30 books on natural history, including The Story of Life in 101/2 Chapters, The Way of the Hare, Tracking the Highland Tiger, RSPB British Birds of Prey, The Gull Next Door: A Portrait of a Misunderstood Bird, How Birds Work, RSPB British Naturefinder, RSPB British Birdfinder, The Nature Book, RSPB Seabirds, Dragonflight: In Search of Britain's Dragonflies and Damselflies, How Insects Work, Owls, RSPB Nature Watch, How Birds Live Together, Watching Wildlife in London, Wild Coast. She is the author of Discovering the Animal Kingdom for Arcturus.

"With the latest developments in scanning electron microscopy, the miniature world has now been revealed to us in never-before-seen detail. With accomplished science writer Marianne Taylor as your guide, you will learn about the microbes that are at the heart of the world's ecosystems, the composition of minerals, the structure of cells in the human body, and much more besides."--Provided by publisher.