An awe-inspiring and mind-altering exploration of how symbiosis can change the way we understand our world, ourselves and our future From evolution to capitalism, ''survival of the fittest'' has shaped our view of the world. But we got it wrong - and our mistake has brought us to the brink. For the history of life on Earth is much more than a story of competition. The natural world has been forged and sustained by small miracles of co-operation between animals and plants, insects and fungi, fish and bacteria - these partnerships are ubiquitous, lifelong and are an essential guide for a better future. In Togetherness , Rowan Hooper reveals the intimate connectedness of nature through these remarkable stories of symbiosis. From the female wasp venturing deep inside a fig and the intricate relationship between corals and the algae that sustain them to the symbiotic gut microbes that influence our moods, he explores how co-operation is fundamental to life itself and to protecting our shared future. Togetherness will change the way you see the world, our place in it - and our obligation to its hidden wonders.

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DR ROWAN HOOPER is a biologist and an award-winning journalist, writer and broadcaster. A senior editor at New Scientist magazine, he is the creator and host of New Scientist's hit weekly podcast, The World, the Universe and Us. After gaining a PhD in evolutionary biology from the University of Sheffield, he moved to Japan and worked as a field biologist. He is the author of Superhuman: Life at the Extremes of Mental and Physical Ability, which was a Sunday Times Book of the Year, and How to Spend a Trillion Dollars. His articles have been published in New Scientist and the Japan Times as well as the Guardian, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, Wired, the Financial Times and the Economist. He lives in London with his partner and their two daughters.