"Discover amazing facts about the human body! Have you ever wondered why you shiver in the cold? Why your blood is red? How long is the world's longest nose? Find out all this and more in this fascinating book, filled with hundreds of super stats about our own bodies!"--Page [4] cover.
Investigates various unusual and involuntary human behaviors, including laughing, crying, coughing, and sneezing. Details the evolutionary origins of these behaviors and discusses how their study can offer new perspectives on how the human brain works.
Through discussion of human biology and anatomy, explores the miracle of living and identifies the essence of human life as the human spirit which is inseparable from the body.
Presents information on the origins of life in the universe, focusing in on the human body, and discussing how its cells work together to operate the body's many systems.
An examination of the machinery of life, looking at the different biological functions of the body,and providing medical case histories that illustrate the responsiveness and adaptability of the human body.
Discusses the function and structure of cells, the interrelatedness of various organs, the types of tissues, such as muscle and bone, and how to keep healthy and maintain energy, and includes a glossary and color illustrations.
