A Really Short Journey Through the Body
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You'll spend your WHOLE LIFE in your body. So it's only fair you know how it works, right?
This book will teach you EVERYTHING you need to know about the machine that is YOU. From your astonishing brain to your hard-working heart.
Get ready for the BIG questions, like:
- How many muscles do you move playing Fortnight? (A twitch of a thumb on the controller uses TEN muscles)- Are chillis actually HOT? (Short answer: no. We've been fooled by a plant.)- How far can we sneeze? (Your sneeze droplets can reach up to eight meters - which means you could sneeze over an entire class.)
You'll also meet people like Chevalier Jackson, who collected things that people had swallowed by accident (for science, of course). And learn about why we poo (and why it smells).
Packed with facts, history and humour, this beautifully illustrated book, from global bestselling science and history author Bill Bryson (ask your mum, he's the one with the beard), will help you understand the secrets to our bodies and brains.
'Offers children a series of fascinating scientific facts' - Daily Telegraph
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Informative and nicely illustrated!
Found this book by accident in a London bookshop and immediately fell in love with it🥰 I wasn‘t sure if I should track this book on Reado or post about it, as it is a children’s book, but I enjoyed it so much that I decided to do both. The book is an adapted version of Bill Bryson‘s book „The Body: A Guide for Occupants“ for adult readers. So please don’t expect an illustrated version of the full book (which I can highly recommend as well)! The chapters of the original book are broken down into easy-to-understand chunks, with one or two double pages per part of the body. These pages are incredibly beautifully illustrated. The drawings retain all the essential facts but are still colourful and all suitable for children. This book is a great recommendation for all children with genuine interest in the human body, as well as grown-ups like me who occasionally cherish illustrated books.
Description
You'll spend your WHOLE LIFE in your body. So it's only fair you know how it works, right?
This book will teach you EVERYTHING you need to know about the machine that is YOU. From your astonishing brain to your hard-working heart.
Get ready for the BIG questions, like:
- How many muscles do you move playing Fortnight? (A twitch of a thumb on the controller uses TEN muscles)- Are chillis actually HOT? (Short answer: no. We've been fooled by a plant.)- How far can we sneeze? (Your sneeze droplets can reach up to eight meters - which means you could sneeze over an entire class.)
You'll also meet people like Chevalier Jackson, who collected things that people had swallowed by accident (for science, of course). And learn about why we poo (and why it smells).
Packed with facts, history and humour, this beautifully illustrated book, from global bestselling science and history author Bill Bryson (ask your mum, he's the one with the beard), will help you understand the secrets to our bodies and brains.
'Offers children a series of fascinating scientific facts' - Daily Telegraph
Book Information
Posts
Informative and nicely illustrated!
Found this book by accident in a London bookshop and immediately fell in love with it🥰 I wasn‘t sure if I should track this book on Reado or post about it, as it is a children’s book, but I enjoyed it so much that I decided to do both. The book is an adapted version of Bill Bryson‘s book „The Body: A Guide for Occupants“ for adult readers. So please don’t expect an illustrated version of the full book (which I can highly recommend as well)! The chapters of the original book are broken down into easy-to-understand chunks, with one or two double pages per part of the body. These pages are incredibly beautifully illustrated. The drawings retain all the essential facts but are still colourful and all suitable for children. This book is a great recommendation for all children with genuine interest in the human body, as well as grown-ups like me who occasionally cherish illustrated books.