A leading expert introduces the revolutionary new science of the immune system with its break-through medical cures and discusses how stress, sleep and ageing affect our health.
Daniel M. Davis is Professor of Immunology at the University of Manchester. His research, using super-resolution microscopy to study immune cell biology, was listed in Discover magazine as one of the top 100 breakthroughs of the year. His previous book, The Compatibility Gene, was longlisted for the 2014 Royal Society Winton Science Book Prize, shortlisted for the Society of Biology Book Prize and described by Bill Bryson in the Guardian's Books of the Year as 'elegantly written and unexpectedly gripping'. He is also the author of over 120 academic papers, collectively cited over 10,000 times, including articles in Nature, Science and Scientific American.
"An eye-opening tour de force of scientific writing that reads like
the best kind of adventure story. As 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 - our immune system. One of those books that makes you
look at everything human in a new, challenging and thrilling way"
-- STEPHEN FRY
"Forget AI, robotics, the internet of things. This is where the
future feels strange and exciting: in the 'inner universe' of our
immune system, and in the radically new therapies that are using it
to conquer disease" * Sunday Times *
"One of the best accounts I have yet come across of the nature of
biological science and discovery ... Daniel Davis's wonderful book
recounts in exceptionally clear and sympathetic prose how research
into the immune system in recent decades has resulted in what
amounts to a health revolution ... Davis's book illustrates this
wonderfully well: the immune system is a thing of great beauty and
awesome complexity" -- Henry Marsh * New Statesman *
"Brilliantly conveys the excitement of scientific discovery" --
BILL BRYSON
"Davis relates the extraordinary modern developments in
immunotherapy - the idea of somehow supercharging the body's own
immune system to fight disease, and one day maybe even eliminate
cancer ... The general upshot of Davis's terrific analysis seems to
be that if there's anything in medical science that could ever
count as a panacea - something to cure all ills - it would be the
immune system itself ... Not only a fascinating but an entertaining
read" -- Steven Poole * *****Telegraph *
|
Ask a Question About this Product More... |
|
