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The Secret Body: How the New Science of the Human Body Is Changing the Way We Live

The Secret Body: How the New Science of the Human Body Is Changing the Way We Live

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Author:
Daniel M Davis
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Publication Date:
Jul 07, 2022
Binding:
Paperback / softback
ISBN-13:
9781529110975
ISBN10:
1529110971

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'A big-picture forecast of how medicine stands on the threshold of a revolution that will radically change all of our lives' The TimesWelcome to a revolution in the science of you. This landmark new book from award-winning scientist Daniel M. Davis explores the future of the human body. Imagine taking drugs to help you acquire new skills, or knowing years in advance the precise likelihood of developing specific cancers, or following a diet and health regime tailored to your microbiome, or even having continuous monitoring of your body's workings and well-being. Written by an award-winning scientist, this landmark book shows how these radical and disconcerting possibilities have been made real. It is at once a gripping drama of scientific ingenuity, discovery and collaboration, and a vision of the human body of dizzying complexity and wonder. 'With this stunning book Daniel M. Davis joins the pantheon of truly great science communicators. Everyone who has a body will love it' CHRIS VAN TULLEKEN, author of Ultra-Processed People'The startling new discoveries...are radically altering our understanding of how we function and what our future holds' BRIAN COX'Thrilling' BILL BRYSON'Brilliant' TIM SPECTOR'Extraordinary' ALICE ROBERTS

''A big-picture forecast of how medicine stands on the threshold of a revolution that will radically change all of our lives'' The Times

Welcome to a revolution in the science of you. This landmark new book from award-winning scientist Daniel M. Davis explores the future of the human body.

Imagine taking drugs to help you acquire new skills, or knowing years in advance the precise likelihood of developing specific cancers, or following a diet and health regime tailored to your microbiome, or even having continuous monitoring of your body''s workings and well-being.

Written by an award-winning scientist, this landmark book shows how these radical and disconcerting possibilities have been made real. It is at once a gripping drama of scientific ingenuity, discovery and collaboration, and a vision of the human body of dizzying complexity and wonder.

''With this stunning book Daniel M. Davis joins the pantheon of truly great science communicators. Everyone who has a body will love it'' CHRIS VAN TULLEKEN, author of Ultra-Processed People

''The startling new discoveries...are radically altering our understanding of how we function and what our future holds'' BRIAN COX

''Thrilling'' BILL BRYSON
''Brilliant'' TIM SPECTOR
''Extraordinary'' ALICE ROBERTS




  • | Author: Daniel M Davis
  • | Publisher: Vintage Publishing
  • | Publication Date: Jul 07, 2022
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  • | Binding: Paperback / softback
  • | ISBN-13: 9781529110975
  • | ISBN-10: 1529110971

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