The body :
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TextPublication details: London : Doubleday, 2019Description: 454 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780857522405 (hbk.) :Subject(s): Human body -- Popular works | Human anatomy -- Popular works | Human physiology -- Popular works | Medicine -- History -- Popular works | Health and WellbeingDDC classification: 612 LOC classification: QM26Summary: 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 this title is a brilliant, often very funny attempt to understand the miracle of our physical and neurological make up.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 this title is a brilliant, often very funny attempt to understand the miracle of our physical and neurological make up.