Clean
  • Published: 6 October 2020
  • ISBN: 9781847925558
  • Imprint: Bodley Head
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 288
  • RRP: $40.00

Clean

The New Science of Skin and the Beauty of Doing Less

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Paperback
2 Nov 2021
Hardback
6 Oct 2020
EBook
6 Aug 2020
Paperback
4 Sep 2012
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A witty scientific investigation that reveals how excessive soap and washing harm our health

Introducing the new science of skin and a more natural approach to being clean: Our skin plays an essential role in our health. But our understanding of what skin is and how it works is changing. Much of what we think of as cleanliness and skincare might actually be harming it. In Clean specialist in preventive medicine Dr James Hamblin draws on the latest science to offer an exciting new perspective: on our bodies, our health and our relationship with the natural world.
  • Published: 6 October 2020
  • ISBN: 9781847925558
  • Imprint: Bodley Head
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 288
  • RRP: $40.00
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About the author

James Hamblin

James Hamblin is a doctor and holds a masters in Preventive Medicine from Yale University. He is a staff writer at The Atlantic, a lecturer at the Yale School of Public Health and a specialist in preventive medicine. He is the author of If Our Bodies Could Talk and hosted a video series of the same name. His Twitter account is @jameshamblin. He only uses soap on his hands.

Praise for Clean

James Hamblin's characteristic mix of clarity and levity shine through every single page. You'll never think about your largest organ the same way again

DAVID EPSTEIN, author of Range and The Sports Gene

Good-humoured and persuasive ... sets out to dispel the comfortable notion that our skin is a smooth protective barrier between us and the outside world... Clean made me chuckle and then left me thoughtful

Daily Telegraph

Accessible and articulate - graceful even - and there are some wonderful surprises

Wall Street Journal

Fun, interesting and credible

New York Times

A must read

Vogue