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The Body: A Guide for Occupants

Bill Bryson

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#3282 of 3,809 books · #447 in Science & Technology

Shortlisted for the Royal Society Science Book Prize (2020).

The Body won the New York Times bestseller list and was a best book of the year by The Washington Post. Bill Bryson, bestselling author of A Short History of Nearly Everything, takes us on a head-to-toe tour of the marvel that is the human body. As addictive as it is comprehensive, this is Bryson at his very best, a must-read owner's manual for everybody. 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.

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Publisher
Random House Large Print
ISBN-13
9780593106297
Topics
Human anatomy and physiologyMedicine and healthHuman biology

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