The physical and psychological entity we refer to as our self is the subject of Robert Levine's fascinating and amusing scientific inquiry Stranger in the Mirror. This landscape is the most intimate and significant of all the landscapes. We who we are? Where does the line exist that separates us from everything else? Do we all have several personalities? And how can we exert influence over who we become? Levine addresses these and other issues using a variety of cutting-edge studies, case studies, and fascinating stories from the domains of psychology, biology, neuroscience, virtual reality, and many more. The outcome calls into question long-held notions about the stability and unity of the self, but it also raises the possibility that we are more adaptable than we realise. Levine demonstrates that transformation is a part of life for people on almost every level. Our cells change physically from one minute to the next. Cognitively, our perceptions of ourselves are also subject to change. A single mistake might cause us to misidentify a body portion, our entire body, or even ourselves. Psychologically, we alternate between contradictory, occasionally hostile identities like quicksilver. Socially, we seem to be little more than a cast of performers that constantly changes. And from a cultural perspective, the limits of the self can range from one's own body to an entire town.The self, in short, is a fiction-vague, arbitrary, and utterly intangible. But it is also interminably fluid. And this, Levine argues, unleashes a world of potential. Fluidity creates malleability. And malleability creates possibilities. Engaging, informative, and ultimately liberating, Stranger in the Mirror will change forever how you think about your self-and what you might become.