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

The Secret Body is a groundbreaking book that combines cutting-edge science with compelling storytelling to provide a revolutionary new vision of human biology and the scientific breakthroughs that will transform our lives. It explores how we can monitor our body's well-being, tailor diets to our microbiomes, and manipulate our bodies in the future. Written by an award-winning scientist at the forefront of this adventure, the book is a gripping drama of discovery and a landmark account of the dawning revolution in human health.

Format: Paperback
Length: 224 pages
Publication date: 26 July 2022
Publisher: Princeton University Press

A groundbreaking new perspective on human biology and the scientific advancements that will revolutionize our lives is presented in The Secret Body. Imagine having a customized knowledge of your genes, organs, and cells, or being able to predict whether you will develop cancer years in advance. Imagine being able to track your body's health or have a diet customized to your microbiome. The Secret Body unveils how these and other incredible breakthroughs and technologies are revolutionizing our understanding of how the human body functions, what it is capable of, how to protect it from disease, and how we may manipulate it in the future. Daniel Davis, a renowned scientist at the forefront of this exploration, takes readers to the cutting edge of research, demonstrating how visionary scientists are revealing the invisible and secret universe within each of us. Davis focuses on six critical frontiers, including cells, fetal development, the immune system, the brain, the microbiome, and the genome, which are typically studied in isolation. By bringing them together for the first time, Davis presents a new vision of the human body as a biological wonder of dizzying complexity and possibility.

Dimension: 203. x 133. (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780691242125