The body : a guide for occupants
Bryson, Bill,
The body : a guide for occupants / Bill Bryson. - Black Swan edition. - x, 532 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 20 cm
Originally published: 2019. Contains a "Brief Afterword" (pages 447-448) written in April 2020 discussing the Covid-19 pandemic.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 487-501) and index.
In the bestselling, prize-winning A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bill Bryson achieved the seemingly impossible by making the science of our world both understandable and entertaining to millions of people around the globe.
Now he turns his attention inwards to explore the human body, how it functions and its remarkable ability to heal itself. Full of extraordinary facts and astonishing stories, The Body: A Guide for Occupants is a brilliant, often very funny attempt to understand the miracle of our physical and neurological make up.
A wonderful successor to A Short History of Nearly Everything, this book will have you marvelling at the form you occupy, and celebrating the genius of your existence, time and time again.
9780552779906 Đ9.99
GBC033608 bnb
Human body--Popular works.
Human anatomy--Popular works.
Human physiology--Popular works.
Medicine--History--Popular works.
The body : a guide for occupants / Bill Bryson. - Black Swan edition. - x, 532 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 20 cm
Originally published: 2019. Contains a "Brief Afterword" (pages 447-448) written in April 2020 discussing the Covid-19 pandemic.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 487-501) and index.
In the bestselling, prize-winning A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bill Bryson achieved the seemingly impossible by making the science of our world both understandable and entertaining to millions of people around the globe.
Now he turns his attention inwards to explore the human body, how it functions and its remarkable ability to heal itself. Full of extraordinary facts and astonishing stories, The Body: A Guide for Occupants is a brilliant, often very funny attempt to understand the miracle of our physical and neurological make up.
A wonderful successor to A Short History of Nearly Everything, this book will have you marvelling at the form you occupy, and celebrating the genius of your existence, time and time again.
9780552779906 Đ9.99
GBC033608 bnb
Human body--Popular works.
Human anatomy--Popular works.
Human physiology--Popular works.
Medicine--History--Popular works.
