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 ROBERTS

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.