Review by PAUL WICHER
A great read! To try to capture the full value contained here it must be read more than once.
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A great read! To try to capture the full value contained here it must be read more than once.
Title Statement | The body: a guide for occupants / Bill Bryson. |
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Author | Bryson, Bill |
Publication | [Toronto]: Doubleday Canada,[2019]©2019 |
Extent of Item | x, 450 pages |
ISBN | 0385685742 9780385685740 |
Other Number | 3619405 |
Contents | How to build a human -- The outside: skin and hair -- Microbial you -- The brain -- The head -- Down the hatch: the mouth and throat -- The heart and blood -- The chemistry department -- In the dissecting room: the skeleton -- On the move: bipedalism and exercise -- Equilibrium -- The immune system -- Deep breath: the lungs and breathing -- Food, glorious food -- The guts -- Sleep -- In the nether regions -- In the beginning: conception and birth -- Nerves and pain -- When things go wrong: diseases -- When things go very wrong: cancer -- Medicine good and bad -- The end. |
Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary | Bill Bryson takes us on a head-to-toe tour of the marvel that is the human body. He guides us through the human body--how it functions, its remarkable ability to heal itself, and (unfortunately) the ways it can fail. Full of facts (your body made a million red blood cells since you started reading this) and anecdotes, The Body will lead you to a deeper understanding of the miracle that is life in general and you, in particular. |
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By Topic | Human body |