William B Irvine's You: A Natural History is a book by a philosopher about science, written with non-scientists in mind-"for readers not only to understand how, according to science, they and their world came to exist, but to take this science personally".
William B. Irvine is Professor of Philosophy at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. He describes himself as a twenty-first century Stoic with an intense interest in science. Dr. Irvine is the author of the bestselling A Guide to the Good Life: the Ancient Art of Stoic Joy (2008) and numerous other books.