The body : a guide for occupants /

"Bill Bryson ... takes us on a head-to-toe tour of the marvel that is the human body. As compulsively readable 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 guid...

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المؤلف الرئيسي: Bryson, Bill (مؤلف)
التنسيق: كتاب
اللغة:الإنجليزية
منشور في: London : Black Swan, 2020.
الطبعة:Black Swan edition.
الموضوعات:
جدول المحتويات:
  • 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
  • In 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.