Science has given us tools and methods that allow us to notice things that were previously imperceptible - and this book shows what we can learn when we use them to look at ourselves.
Written by science journalist Gary Wolf, one of the founders of the Quantified Self movement, this book teaches readers how to use proven scientific methods to answer their health questions. In a time when trust in scientific expertise has been shaken, and people are divided not only politically, but also over how to know the truth, The Quantified Self provides an argumentIt states that knowledge is a right for everyone, and this is proven by placing the curriculum in the hands of the reader.
Wolf teaches ten patterns of reasoning drawn from the history of scientific practice, and illustrates them with dozens of personal stories. Through chapters on pain, mood, cognition, sleep, digestion, heart health, and hormones, readers learn a practical way to answer the health questions that matter most to them.
