There really is no story more amazing than the story of us. 'What I learned is that we are infinitely more complex and wondrous, and often more mysterious, than I had ever suspected. The ideal gift for readers of every age who wish to discover more about themselves. 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.Ī wonderful successor to A Short History of Nearly Everything, this new book is an instant classic. The idea of the book is simply to try to understand the extraordinary contraption that is us.'īill Bryson sets off to explore the human body, how it functions and its remarkable ability to heal itself. '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. 'It is a feat of narrative skill to bake so many facts into an entertaining and nutritious book.' Daily Telegraph This book talks about the human body: its different parts (from our hair(s) to our nervous system, from our heart to our brain, from our immune system to our reproductive one, our cells and so on), how they work and interact with each other, what we use them for. 'Classic, wry, gleeful Bryson.an entertaining and absolutely fact-rammed book.' The Sunday Times Bill Bryson is phenomenal at making complex and intricate topics accessible for anyone (including myself).
Prodigiously researched and written by travel writer Bill Bryson, this is a deep dive for laypeople (no medical degree needed) into mysteries of the human body from head to toe.
Number One Bestseller in both hardback and paperback A Serious, Informative Biology Book That Is Also Irreverent, Hilarious, and Highly Entertaining.
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