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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| 语言: | 英语 |
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London :
Black Swan,
2020.
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| 版: | Black Swan edition. |
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书本目录:
- 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.