The Body: A Guide for Occupants
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450 pages · Released 2019 · Doubleday
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The Body: A Guide for Occupants parent’s guide: what’s inside
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Bill Bryson's popular science guide explores human anatomy and physiology with humor and accessible facts, making the subject engaging for curious readers. The book is factual and lighthearted, though it occasionally discusses disease, aging, and body dysfunction in matter-of-fact terms that may unsettly younger readers. Language is generally mild for adult nonfiction, with occasional mild profanity typical of Bryson's conversational style. This is an excellent educational resource for kids interested in how their bodies work.
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Bill Bryson once again proves himself to be an incomparable com- panion as 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 extraordinary facts (your body made a million red blood cells since you started reading this) and irre... Bill Bryson once again proves himself to be an incomparable com- panion as 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 extraordinary facts (your body made a million red blood cells since you started reading this) and irresistible Brysonesque an- ecdotes, The Body will lead you to a deeper understanding of the miracle that is life in general and you in particular. As Bill Bryson writes, "We pass our existence within this wobble of flesh and yet take it almost entirely for granted." The Body will cure that indifference with generous doses of wondrous, compulsively read- able facts and information. As oddictive as it is comprehensive, this is Bryson at his very best, a must-read owner's manual for every body.
Shelved under
- Human anatomy
- Human physiology
- Anatomy
- SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Human Anatomy & Physiology
- MEDICAL / Anatomy
- HUMOR / General
- Physiology
- Human body
- nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction=2019-11-03
- New York Times bestseller
- New York Times reviewed
- nyt:paperback-nonfiction=2021-02-14
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ISBN 9780385539302 · Doubleday