The Secret Body
How the New Science of the Human Body Is Changing the Way We Live
$23.91
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
7 August 2022
Summary
One of our most lauded scientist-writers shows how scientific breakthroughs are revealing astonishing new capabilities and possibilities for the human body.
‘Thrilling’ BILL BRYSON ‘Brilliant’ TIM SPECTOR ‘Extraordinary’ ALICE ROBERTS
Welcome to a revolution in the science of you - this is the landmark new book from award-winning scientist Daniel M. Davis.
Imagine taking drugs to help you acquire new skills, or knowing years in advance the precise likelihood of develop…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529110975 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1529110971 |
| Author: | Daniel M. Davis |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 7 August 2022 |
| Weight: | 162g |
| Dimensions: | 13mm x 130mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
A perfect blend of cutting-edge science and compelling storytelling . Daniel Davis has a rare knack for making complex science comprehensible and thrilling
A brilliant deep-dive into the latest discoveries of human health. An inspiration! – Tim Spector, No.1 bestselling author of Spoon-Fed
With this stunning book Daniel M. Davis joins the pantheon of truly great science communicators. It will change the way you think about your self and the people around you. Everyone who has a body will love it – CHRIS VAN TULLEKEN, No.1 bestselling author of Ultra-Processed People
A big-picture forecast of how medicine stands on the threshold of a revolution that will radically change all of our lives … Davis is a polar opposite of the typecast propeller-hatted futurologist. He is beguilingly informal and affably humorous * The Times *
An elegantly written and splendidly concise Cook’s Tour of the frontiers of medical biology. It is also an engrossing account of the progress of science * Wall Street Journal *
A perfect blend of cutting-edge science and compelling storytelling. Daniel Davis has a rare knack for making complex science comprehensible and thrilling – BILL BRYSON
An extraordinary journey that reveals the magnificence, intricacy and beauty of the human body, fundamentally changing the way we see ourselves. Masterful – ALICE ROBERTS
A beautifully rendered picture of the startling new discoveries in human biology which are radically altering our understanding of how we function and what our future holds – BRIAN COX
What we now know about the human body would seem magical to people just a hundred years ago… It often reads like a detective story and anyone interested in biology will learn much from this enjoyable book – VENKI RAMAKRISHNAN, Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry and author of Gene Machine
Daniel M. Davis
Daniel M. Davis
Daniel M. Davis is Head of Life Sciences and Professor of Immunology at Imperial College London.
His previous books include:
- The Beautiful Cure, which was shortlisted for the Royal Society Science Book Prize 2018 and described by Henry Marsh as ‘one of the best accounts I have yet come across of the nature of biological science and discovery’.
- The Secret Body: How the New Science of the Human Body Is Changing the Way We Live
- The Compatibility Gene, which was longlisted for the Royal Society Science Book Prize and shortlisted for the Society of Biology book prize.
- Self Defence: A Myth-Busting Guide to Immune Health, which was a Book of the Year in the Daily Mail.
Davis has published over 150 research papers and is a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences. In 2025, he was awarded an MBE for services to science communication.
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