«One of the World's Top 10 Thinkers of 2020»

Prospect

«Quite simply the best book about science and life that I have ever read»

Alice Roberts

«How an entire human can emerge from a single cell is one of the great mysteries of life. This book is a wonderful exposition of that amazingly complicated process, and combines Zernicka-Goetz’s research and expert perspective with the clear and engaging narrative that is a hallmark of Highfield’s science writing»

Venki Ramakrishnan, President of the Royal Society and Nobel-prize winning scientist

«A touching, detailed portrait of a life in science. Beautifully written, it’s a reminder that scientists are human and their humanity affects every part of their work»

Angela Saini, bestselling author of INFERIOR and SUPERIOR

«How does a single fertilised egg know how to develop into the trillions of different cells that making up a human? This book provides you with much more than the answer – it is story-telling at its very best. Together with Highfield, Zernicka-Goetz leads us through her life scientific, intertwining the exciting field of 21st biology with a joyous personal journey of discovery at the cutting edge of research»

Jim Al-Khalili