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The body : a guide for occupants / Bill Bryson.
"Bill Bryson once again proves himself to be an incomparable companion 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 Bryson-esque anecdotes, 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 readable facts and information."--Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780385539302
- ISBN: 0385539304
- ISBN: 0857522418
- ISBN: 9780857522412
- Physical Description: x, 450 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Doubleday, 2019.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 416-424) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | How to build a human -- The outside: skin and hair -- Microbial you -- The brain -- The head -- Down the hatch: the mouth and throat -- The heart and blood -- The chemistry department -- In the dissecting room: the skeleton -- On the move: bipedalism and exercise -- Equilibrium -- The immune system -- Deep breath: the lungs and breathing -- Food, glorious food -- The guts -- Sleep -- Into the nether regions -- In the beginning: conception and birth -- Nerves and pain -- When things go wrong: diseases -- When things go very wrong: cancer -- Medicine good and bad -- The end. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Human anatomy. Human physiology. |
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| Hood River County Library | 612 BRY 2019 (Text) | 33892100640672 | Adult Non-Fiction | Checked out | 06/12/2025 | ||
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