One of the World's Top 10 Thinkers of 2020 -- Prospect Quite simply the best book about science and life that I have ever read * Alice Roberts * How an entire human can emerge from a single cell is one of the great mysteries of life. This book is a wonderful exposition of that amazingly complicated process, and combines Zernicka-Goetzs research and expert perspective with the clear and engaging narrative that is a hallmark of Highfields science writing * Venki Ramakrishnan, President of the Royal Society and Nobel-prize winning scientist * A touching, detailed portrait of a life in science. Beautifully written, its a reminder that scientists are human and their humanity affects every part of their work * Angela Saini, bestselling author of INFERIOR and SUPERIOR * How does a single fertilised egg know how to develop into the trillions of different cells that making up a human? This book provides you with much more than the answer it is story-telling at its very best. Together with Highfield, Zernicka-Goetz leads us through her life scientific, intertwining the exciting field of 21st biology with a joyous personal journey of discovery at the cutting edge of research * Jim Al-Khalili * Part memoir, part mission to touch creation itself, The Dance of Life is a candid & gripping odyssey into one of the greatest microscopic scientific mysteries of all - the cellular divisions that spawn human life * Samira Ahmed * A vivid first-hand account of epic technological changes and revelations [ and] also a personal tale of an ongoing scientific odyssey, replete with failure, exhaustion and tenacity as much as thrilling new vistas... this honest and passionate depiction of the complexity of science as a vocation will have wide appeal * Nature * Few books succeed as well as this in taking a complex area of rapidly advancing science, and turning it into a compelling human story. Rarely will you read such an intimate and personal account of scientific discovery * Evan Davis * The question of how a gorgeous baby develops from an inanimate, post-coital speck has fascinated humans from the year dot. Highfield and Zernicka-Goetz illuminate this apparent miracle in an entertaining narrative full of scientific insights, human interest and thoughtful reflection * Graham Farmelo, winner of the Costa Biography Prize for THE STRANGEST MAN and official biographer of Stephen Hawking * An in-depth journey through the world of the research embryologistThe story has a memoir-like atmosphere, especially when Zernicka-Goetz turns to episodes of her life. But she is never far from the scienceMeaty and entertaining * Kirkus Reviews *
