{"product_id":"the-better-half-9780241396896","title":"The Better Half","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn award-winning physician and scientist makes the game-changing case that genetic females are stronger than males at every stage of life\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003epowerful antidote to the myth of a weaker sex'' Gina Rippon, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Gendered Brain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom birth, genetic females are better at fighting viruses, infections and cancer. They do better at surviving epidemics and famines. They live longer, and even see the world in a wider variety of colours. These are the facts; they are simply stronger than men at every stage of life. Why? And why are we taught the opposite?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on his wide-ranging experience and cutting-edge research as a medic, geneticist and specialist in rare diseases, \u003cb\u003eDr Sharon Moalem \u003c\/b\u003ereveals how the answer lies in our genetics: \u003cb\u003ethe female''s double XX chromosomes offer a powerful survival advantage\u003c\/b\u003e. And he calls for a long-overdue reconsideration of our one-size-fits-all view of the body and medicine - a view that still frames women through the lens of men. \u003cb\u003eRevolutionary, captivating and utterly persuasive, \u003ci\u003eThe Better Half\u003c\/i\u003e will make you see women, men and the survival of our species anew.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Brilliant, original and groundbreaking, highly readable and genuinely useful'' Daily Mail\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLet's hear it for the X-chromosome! \u003c\/b\u003eAfter decades, if not centuries, of bad press for women and their vulnerable biology, \u003ci\u003eThe Better Half\u003c\/i\u003e gives chapter and verse to show that 'almost everything that is biologically difficult to do in life is done better by females'. \u003cb\u003eAn eye- and mind-opening celebration\u003c\/b\u003e of the reserve genetic horsepower that having two X-chromosomes can bestow, \u003ci\u003eThe Better Half\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003ea powerful antidote to the myth of a 'weaker sex'\u003c\/b\u003e. * Gina Rippon, author of The Gendered Brain and Professor Emeritus of Cognitive Neuroimaging at Aston University, Birmingham *\u003cbr\u003eMoalem's essential thesis is valid and important, and \u003cb\u003edeserves attention both within the scientific community and beyond\u003c\/b\u003e. This is a\u003cb\u003e readable and lively\u003c\/b\u003e book, making an argument long \u003cb\u003eoverdue\u003c\/b\u003e * The Irish Independent *\u003cbr\u003eAlthough Dr. Moalem had me at the subtitle, \u003cb\u003eI tore through this fascinating, eye-opening book in one sitting\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cb\u003eProvocative, crackling with wit and insight\u003c\/b\u003e, THE BETTER HALF argues that science has shortchanged women in all levels of research and convincingly reveals that the true differences between men and women come down to longevity, intellect, resilience, and immunity to disease. Now it all makes sense why 95 percent of people who have reached the age of 110 are women. -- Jancee Dunn * New York Times bestselling author of 'How Not to Hate Your Husband After Kids' *\u003cbr\u003eA\u003cb\u003e mind-opening celebration of women\u003c\/b\u003e -- Kate Garraway, broadcaster and journalist\u003cbr\u003eThis book provides the \u003cb\u003ecrucial scientific reasoning\u003c\/b\u003e behind why it is essential to include males and females, both in people and animals, in order to get accurate results in medical research. * Temple Grandin, New York Times bestselling author of 'The Autistic Brain' and 'Thinking in Pictures' *\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003ecompelling argument for\u003c\/b\u003e the resilience seen in women. But the \u003cb\u003ereal genius is the poetic justice he metes out\u003c\/b\u003e by highlighting the brilliant women who remain unsung heroes in these discoveries. -- William J. Sullivan * Showalter Professor at Indiana University School of Medicine and author of 'Pleased to Meet Me' *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Better Half\u003c\/i\u003e explores the genetic differences between males and females in a way that is both original and scientifically compelling. This book provides a great read, and lots to think about, for specialists and the public alike. -- Han G. Brunner, MD, PhD, Professor of Human Genetics at Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, and Maastricht University Medical Center, the Netherlands.\u003cbr\u003eMoalem brings deep, yet highly-readable, scientific analysis to the perennial question of what makes men and women different. Ideally, this book will re-set that conversation in research labs, doctors' offices, classrooms, and dinner tables around the world.\" -- E. 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