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As diverse as people appear to be, all of our genes and brains are nearly identical. In Me, Myself, and Why, Jennifer Ouellette dives into the miniscule ranges of variation to understand just what sets us apart. She draws on cutting-edge research in genetics, neuroscience, and psychology-enlivened as always with her signature sense of humor-to explore the mysteries of human identity and behavior. Readers follow her own surprising journey of self-discovery as she has her genome sequenced, her brain mapped, her personality typed, and even samples a popular hallucinogen. Bringing together everything from Mendel's famous pea plant experiments and mutations in The X-Men to our taste for cilantro and our relationships with virtual avatars, Ouellette takes us on an endlessly thrilling and illuminating trip into the science of ourselves
About the Author
Jennifer Ouellette is the author ofThe Calculus Diaries: How Math Can Help You Lose Weight, Win in Vegas, and Survive a Zombie Apocalypse,due out August 31, 2010. She is also the author ofThe Physics of the Buffyverse(2007) andBlack Bodies and Quantum Cats: Tales from the Annals of Physics(2006), both published by Penguin. Her work has appeared inThe Washington Post, Discover, New Scientist, Salon, Symmetry, Nature, andPhysics Today, among other venues. She blogs at Discovery News, and maintains the group science blog Cocktail Party Physics."
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