Jude Cook

The difficulties faced by identical twins

Being the genetic copy of another human not only presents problems of individuality but offers a ‘rare form of experimental control’, says William Viney

California’s most famous twins, Marian (left) and Vivian Brown, photographed in San Francisco in the 1990s. [Carol Highsmith/Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington DC] 
issue 07 October 2023

  • Twinkind: The Singular Significance of Twins

    William Viney

    Thames & Hudson, pp. 225, £25

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