Eyewitness Human Body

Explore How the Human Body Works—from the Smallest Cells to the Systems That Kee

Ebook
On sale Aug 18, 2014 | 72 Pages | 9780744038620

Get set to explore your own body from the inside out! This fascinating guide covers everything from the top of your nose to the tips of your toes.

Travel through the amazing human body to learn about the brain center, muscle power, bony frame, pumping heart, and senses hard at work interpreting and understanding our world.

Processes you take for granted, including breathing and eating, are shown using detailed illustrations and photography and explained alongside incredible facts and figures. As you look through the body, you'll also learn about the history of our fascination with how the human body works.

This is a fun and interactive guide with lots of infographics, statistics, facts, and timelines.

Whether you're looking for a body book for homework help, school projects, or just for fun, with Eyewitness: Human Body you'll never look at yourself in the same way again!
Dr. Richard Walker has written and contributed to more than 100 books about science and natural history. His DK Guide to the Human Body won the 2002 Royal Society Young People’s Science Books Prize, and The Way We Work, coauthored with illustrator David Macaulay, won a Boston Globe–Horn Book Award in 2009. View titles by Richard Walker

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Get set to explore your own body from the inside out! This fascinating guide covers everything from the top of your nose to the tips of your toes.

Travel through the amazing human body to learn about the brain center, muscle power, bony frame, pumping heart, and senses hard at work interpreting and understanding our world.

Processes you take for granted, including breathing and eating, are shown using detailed illustrations and photography and explained alongside incredible facts and figures. As you look through the body, you'll also learn about the history of our fascination with how the human body works.

This is a fun and interactive guide with lots of infographics, statistics, facts, and timelines.

Whether you're looking for a body book for homework help, school projects, or just for fun, with Eyewitness: Human Body you'll never look at yourself in the same way again!

Author

Dr. Richard Walker has written and contributed to more than 100 books about science and natural history. His DK Guide to the Human Body won the 2002 Royal Society Young People’s Science Books Prize, and The Way We Work, coauthored with illustrator David Macaulay, won a Boston Globe–Horn Book Award in 2009. View titles by Richard Walker

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