plus some anger and life advice - all delivered in the inimitable Bryson style - Gavin Francis * Guardian * SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019: 'so packed with arresting facts (you eat 60 tons of food in a lifetime) and unlikely anecdotes (such as Isambard Kingdom Brunel's six weeks with a half-sovereign lodged in his throat) that you barely notice the sheer volume of anatomical knowledge you're digesting. Extraordinary stories about the heart, lungs, genitals. If it sells hundreds of thousands of copies, like the last one, it will be no bad thing.' * Sunday Times * A directory of wonders. an entertaining and absolutely fact-rammed book. There really is no story more amazing than the story of us.' Bill Bryson
'What I learned is that we are infinitely more complex and wondrous and often more mysterious, than I had ever suspected. An international bestseller, it is jam-packed with extraordinary facts, remarkable characters and astonishing stories. an entertaining and absolutely fact-rammed book' Sunday Times Now enhanced in this new edition by hundreds of stunning photographs and illustrations, Bryson's book about the human body, how it functions and its remarkable ability to heal itself, is an instant classic. Daily Telegraph 'Classic, wry, gleeful Bryson. A directory of wonders' - Guardian 'Jaw-dropping' -The Times 'It is a feat of narrative skill to bake so many facts in to an entertaining and nutritious book. Print The Body - Illustrated: An Illustrated Guide for OccupantsĪ new, beautifully illustrated edition of the Number One Bestseller and Sunday Times Science Book of the Year, which takes us on a head-to-toe tour of the marvel that is the human body.
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