Helen Pilcher is a science writer and former scientist with a PhD in cell biology. She contributes regularly to BBC Wildlife and BBC Science Focus, and has penned many popular science books. Life Changing was named a Science Book of the Year by The Times and was shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize for Conservation Writing.
Absolutely fascinating and never more relevant than today. Helen has a talent for making confusing subjects clear in your mind. I will be recommending this one far and wide -- Dr Julie Smith, author of Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? Absolutely fizzing with fascination. Helen Pilcher knows just the stories to make ideas stick and she tells them so fluently. What makes her storytelling so captivating is that it shows us just how susceptible to stories we are - to the point of possible death. This book will widen your range of understanding of who you are and how your complexity offers a whole new world of risks that are both real and not real. It may cause side effects, but it will be really good for your health too. -- Robin Ince Few medical phenomena are as fascinating as the nocebo effect, and few science writers are as engaging as Helen Pilcher. This entrancing book will change the way you think about your mind and your body -- David Robson, author of The Expectation Effect and The Laws of Connection