Philipp Dettmer is the founder and head writer of Kurzgesagt, one of the largest science channels on YouTube with over fourteen million subscribers and one billion views. After dropping out of high school at age fifteen, Dettmer met a remarkable teacher who inspired in him a passion for learning and understanding the world. He went on to study history and information design with a focus on infographics. Dettmer started Kurzgesagt as a passion project to explain complicated ideas from a holistic perspective. When the channel took off, Dettmer dedicated himself full-time to making difficult ideas engaging and accessible.
“Immune is science communication at its most lucid and
exhilarating, a tour de force of demystification. Dettmer maintains
an intimate relationship with the reader while revealing the
Homeric dramas that routinely unfold within us. It has a vivid
clarity that never comes at the expense of the science—or the
wonder, as if an entire scientific field had been translated into
human.”—Ann Druyan, author of Cosmos: Possible Worlds
“Philipp Dettmer has a unique skill to show us the beauty and
complexity of our world as it is revealed through a scientific
understanding of it. In Immune he takes us on a tour through our
own body and allows us to see and understand how our immune system
actually works. A beautiful book about a complex system that
our life depends on.”—Max Roser, founder of Our World in Data
“Immune reads like it’s a riveting sci-fi novel, as Philipp
Dettmer takes you on a journey into the body for an up-close look
at the armies of expert warriors, rogue gladiators, and stealthy
detectives that protect you in the daily war against trillions of
ruthless microbe enemies. By the end of the book, I understood
my entire body far better than I ever had before. Immune is a
delightful treat for the curious.”—Tim Urban, creator of Wait
But Why
“Bringing both insight and humor to an important and relevant
topic, Dettmer’s book is essential reading, especially in
light of the COVID-19 pandemic.”—Library Journal
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