CONTENTS

Dedication

Preface

Introduction: Was Darwin wrong?

1The gene myth
Toads, giraffes and fraud
2‘The happiness gene’
Mindsets, optimism, laughter
3‘The talent gene’
Genius, motivation and taxi drivers
4‘The God gene’
Genesis, Jedi and Hollywood
5‘The parenting gene’
Nature, nurture and naughtiness
6‘Bad genes’
Abusers, criminals and victims
7‘The mortality gene’
Hearts, famines and grandparents
8‘The fat gene’
Diet, worms and wine
9‘The cancer gene’
Autism, toxins and babies
10‘The gay gene’
Sex, hormones and the brain
11‘The fidelity gene’
Pleasure, pain and the G spot
12Bacteria genes
Bugs, poo and you
13Identical genes
Clones, identity and the future
Acknowledgements
Notes
Index
About the Author
About Identically Different