'Gets right to the heart of what makes us what we are. Read it!' Angela Saini author of
Inferior and Superior: The Return of Race Science The popular science equivalent of Who Do You
Think You Are? Popular science master Brian Clegg's new book is an entertaining tour through
the science of what makes you you. From the atomic level through life and energy to genetics
and personality it explores how the billions of particles which make up you - your DNA your
skin your memories - have come to be. It starts with the present-day reader and follows a
number of trails to discover their origins: how the atoms in your body were created and how
they got to you in space and time the sources of things you consume how the living cells of
your body developed where your massive brain and consciousness originated how human beings
evolved and ultimately what your personal genetic history reveals.
