The body : a guide for occupants /
Bill Bryson.
- First Anchor books edition
- New York : Anchor Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2021
- x, 452 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
"With a new afterword"--Cover "Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Doubleday, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York, and simultaneously published in hardcover in Great Britain by Doubleday, an imprint of Transworld Publishers, a division of Penguin Random House Ltd., London, in 2019."--Title page verso
Contenidos : 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 Into 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 Afterword to the Anchor books edition (2020)
Bill Bryson once again proves himself to be an incomparable companion as he guides us through the human body--how it functions, its remarkable ability to heal itself, and (unfortunately) the ways it can fail. Full of extraordinary facts (your body made a million red blood cells since you started reading this) and irresistible Brysonesque anecdotes, The Body will lead you to a deeper understanding of the miracle that is life in general and you in particular. As Bill Bryson writes, "We pass our existence within this wobble of flesh and yet take it almost entirely for granted." The Body will cure that indifference with generous doses of wondrous, compulsively readable facts and information. As addictive as it is comprehensive, this is Bryson at his very best, a must-read owner's manual for every body.