Taking the nature vs. nurture debate to a new level, this fascinating, comprehensive journey into the world of genetic research and molecular biology offers a fresh assessment of the work that has been done in this relatively new field during the last half century-work that has demolished common assumptions and overturned existing theories about what determines our personality and behavior. Beginning with the now-famous University of Minnesota twins study, Wright also writes about twin and adoption studies that compare individuals to establish a genetic influence, and about the corroborating research in molecular biology that underlines the links between genes and personality. He discusses the genetic background of the two human conditions that are today the most interesting to behavioral geneticists-depression and homosexuality-and the fluctuations in fortunes of biological versus environmental positions. He describes the evolution of theories concerning mental illness and the mind-body connection, and also discusses the widespread acceptance of Freudian theory, which puts all emphasis on early childhood to explain human behavior. Informative, insightful and highly entertaining for both the public and professionals in the field, Born That Way is a stimulating look at one of the most exciting fields of research on the frontier of science.

倪匡，著名小说家。原名倪亦明，后改名倪聪。原籍浙江镇海，1935年出生于上海，1957年到香港。作过工人、校对、编辑，自学成才，成为专业作家。他写作面十分广阔，众体皆备，小说则包括侦探、科幻、神怪、武侠、言情各种。写作速度也十分惊人，每小时可写四五千字，曾同时为12家报纸写连载。武侠小说以《六指琴魔》为代表，想象奇特；也曾在金庸出国期间代金庸写《天龙八部》连载（这一部分后来金庸改写时删去了）。倪匡先生的作品范围极广，包括武侠、科幻、奇情、侦探、神怪、推理、文艺等各类型的小说及杂文、散文评论、剧本等。金庸评价倪匡先生为：无穷的宇宙，无尽的时空，无限的可能，与无常的人生之间的永恒矛盾，从这颗脑袋中编织出来……