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100 _aBryson, Bill,
_eauthor.
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245 1 4 _aThe body
_b: a guide for occupants
_c/ Bill Bryson.
250 _aBlack Swan edition.
264 1 _aLondon :
_bBlack Swan,
_c2020.
300 _ax, 532 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :
_billustrations (some colour) ;
_c20 cm
500 _aOriginally published: 2019.
500 _aContains a "Brief Afterword" (pages 447-448) written in April 2020 discussing the Covid-19 pandemic.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 487-501) and index.
520 _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.
650 0 _aHuman body
_vPopular works.
650 0 _aHuman anatomy
_vPopular works.
650 0 _aHuman physiology
_xPopular works.
650 0 _aMedicine
_xHistory
_vPopular works.
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