The Secret Body

A brilliant deep-dive into the latest discoveries of human health. An inspiration! – Tim Spector, No.1 bestselling author of Spoon-FedA 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 BRYSONAn extraordinary journey that reveals the magnificence, intricacy and beauty of the human body, fundamentally changing the way we see ourselves. Masterful – ALICE ROBERTSA 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 COXWhat 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 MachineWith 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 TULLEKENReading The Secret Body is like spending time with an eloquent, well-connected and entertaining enthusiast who has intimate knowledge of the secret worlds that lie within all of us – Roger HighfieldAs David Attenborough opens our goggling eyes to the natural world without, so Daniel Davis brings us face to face with the stunningly clever and, yes, beautiful world within … One of those books that makes you look at everything human in a new, challenging and thrilling way – Stephen Fry on The Beautiful CureOne of the best accounts I have yet come across of the nature of biological science and discovery – Henry Marsh on The Beautiful CureLucid and entertaining … Much as Siddhartha Mukherjee did in his book The Gene, Davis expertly weaves together human stories and scientific endeavour * The Times on The Beautiful Cure *A terrific book by a consummate storyteller and scientific expert * Guardian on The Beautiful Cure *

Daniel M. Davis is Professor of Immunology at the University of Manchester and author of two previous books- The Beautiful Cure, shortlisted for the 2018 Royal Society Science Book Prize and a book of the year in The Times, Telegraph and New Scientist, and The Compatibility Gene, longlisted for the 2014 Royal Society Science Book Prize and shortlisted for the Society of Biology Book Prize. His research, using super-resolution microscopy to study the immune system, was listed in Discover magazine as one of the top 100 breakthroughs of the year. He is also the author of over 140 academic papers, collectively cited over 13,000 times, including articles in Nature, Science and Scientific American.