01886pam a2200313 i 4500001001900000003000600019005001700025008004100042015001900083020004700102035002100149035002600170035001800196040003800214041000700252100002700259245005600286250002400342264003300366300008800399500003200487500010500519504006700624520074100691650003101432650003401463650003701497650003801534990220064540107026UkOxU20260127154256.0200106r20202019enka     b    001|0|eng|d  aGBC0336082bnb  a9780552779906qpaperbackqB formatcĐ9.99  a(UkOxU)022006454  a(UkOxU)022006454BIB01  a(Uk)019735273  aStDuBDSbengerdacStDuBDSdUkOxU  aEN  aBryson, Bill,eauthor.14aThe body b: a guide for occupants c/ Bill Bryson.  aBlack Swan edition. 1aLondon :bBlack Swan,c2020.  ax, 532 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :billustrations (some colour) ;c20 cm  aOriginally published: 2019.  aContains a "Brief Afterword" (pages 447-448) written in April 2020 discussing the Covid-19 pandemic.  aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 487-501) and index.  aIn 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. 0aHuman bodyvPopular works. 0aHuman anatomyvPopular works. 0aHuman physiologyxPopular works. 0aMedicinexHistoryvPopular works.