Lewis Wolpert is a distinguished developmental biologist, and is Emeritus Professor in Cell and Developmental Biology at University College, London. He is the author of, among others, The Unnatural Nature of Science andMalignant Sadness, which was described by Anthony Storr as 'the most objective short account of all the various approaches to depression'. His most recent book, You're Looking Very Well: The Surprising Nature of Getting Old, was published in 2011.

This passionate and brilliant book emerges from Wolpert's own experience of depression, a condition he describes well as "a state that bears only a tangential resemblance to normal emotion".' Observer Erudite, scholarly, sober and stylish.' Anthony Clare, Sunday Times Wolpert's dreadful experience provoked him into investigating what exactly is known about depression. The result is this excellent book, the most objective short account I know of all the various approaches to depression... I thoroughly recommend this survey to psychiatrists, general practitioners, and above all, to Wolpert's fellow sufferers.' Anthony Storr Literary Review This book is striking in its clarity about the mind's capacity to swing out of control ... fascinating' Independent

Lewis Wolpert is a distinguished developmental biologist, and is Emeritus Professor in Cell and Developmental Biology at University College, London. He is the author of, among others, The Unnatural Nature of Science andMalignant Sadness, which was described by Anthony Storr as 'the most objective short account of all the various approaches to depression'. His most recent book, You're Looking Very Well: The Surprising Nature of Getting Old, was published in 2011.

This passionate and brilliant book emerges from Wolpert's own experience of depression, a condition he describes well as "a state that bears only a tangential resemblance to normal emotion".' Observer Erudite, scholarly, sober and stylish.' Anthony Clare, Sunday Times Wolpert's dreadful experience provoked him into investigating what exactly is known about depression. The result is this excellent book, the most objective short account I know of all the various approaches to depression... I thoroughly recommend this survey to psychiatrists, general practitioners, and above all, to Wolpert's fellow sufferers.' Anthony Storr Literary Review This book is striking in its clarity about the mind's capacity to swing out of control ... fascinating' Independent

Lewis Wolpert is a distinguished developmental biologist, and is Emeritus Professor in Cell and Developmental Biology at University College, London. He is the author of, among others, The Unnatural Nature of Science andMalignant Sadness, which was described by Anthony Storr as 'the most objective short account of all the various approaches to depression'. His most recent book, You're Looking Very Well: The Surprising Nature of Getting Old, was published in 2011.

This passionate and brilliant book emerges from Wolpert's own experience of depression, a condition he describes well as "a state that bears only a tangential resemblance to normal emotion".' Observer Erudite, scholarly, sober and stylish.' Anthony Clare, Sunday Times Wolpert's dreadful experience provoked him into investigating what exactly is known about depression. The result is this excellent book, the most objective short account I know of all the various approaches to depression... I thoroughly recommend this survey to psychiatrists, general practitioners, and above all, to Wolpert's fellow sufferers.' Anthony Storr Literary Review This book is striking in its clarity about the mind's capacity to swing out of control ... fascinating' Independent