the body illustrated a guide for occupants

There really is no story more amazing than the story of us. The ideal gift for readers of every age who wish to discover more about themselves.'What I learned is that we are infinitely more complex and wondrous, and often more mysterious, than I had ever suspected. Bill Bryson achieved the seemingly impossible by making the science of our world both understandable and entertaining to millions of people around the globe. The Body: A Guide for Occupants is published by Doubleday (£25).

It will have you marvelling at the form you occupy, and celebrating the genius of your existence, time and time again. Full of extraordinary facts, astonishing stories and now fully illustrated for the first time, The Body: A Guide for Occupants is a brilliant, often very funny attempt to understand the miracle of our physical and neurological make up.A wonderful successor to A Short History of Nearly Everything, this new book is an instant classic. WILSON LITERARY SCIENCE WRITING AWARDGlorious.You will marvel at the brilliance and vast weirdness of your design. The idea of the book is simply to try to understand the extraordinary contraption that is us.'Bill Bryson sets off to explore the human body, how it functions and its remarkable ability to heal itself. AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST - LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN E.O. Full of extraordinary facts and astonishing stories The Body: A Guide for Occupants is a brilliant, often very funny attempt to understand the miracle of. The Body Illustrated Bill Bryson The Body Illustrated: A Guide for Occupants We spend our whole lives in one body and yet most of us have practically no.

'We spend our whole lives in one body and yet most of us have practically no idea how it works and what goes on inside it.

The body illustrated a guide for occupants