The : a guide for occupants Bryson, Bill creator author. text bibliography enk 2020 Black Swan edition. monographic eng EN

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x, 532 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 20 cm 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. / Bill Bryson. 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. Human body Popular works Human anatomy Popular works Human physiology Popular works Medicine History Popular works 9780552779906 StDuBDS 200106 20260127154256.0 990220064540107026 eng