Not in your genes

Prof. Plomin, the world’s leading geneticist, said in 2014 of his search for genes that explain differences in our psychology: ‘I have been looking for these genes for 15 years. I don’t have any’. Using famous and ordinary people, James examines the childhood causes of our individuality, revealing why our upbringing, not our genes, plays such an important role in our wellbeing and success.