Eyewitness Science Guide: How The Body Works
Published on 12. May 1994
Book
Hardback
192 pages
978-0-7513-0081-9 (ISBN)
Description
Investigates the mysteries of the human body and lets readers discover, for themselves, facts such as how muscles work and how we see colour. 100 experiments - each using everyday household items - are included, with diagrams of the major body systems to show how each works.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Target group
Children/juvenile
Dimensions
Height: 6 mm
Width: 3 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7513-0081-9 (9780751300819)
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Steve Parker
How Body Works
Book
10/1999
Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd
€33.61
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Person
Steve Parker is a writer, editor, and consultant specializing in general science and life sciences. He graduated with BSc Honours First Class and is a Senior Scientific Fellow of the Zoological Society of London. Steve has written more than 250 books, including The Human Body, Eyewitness Medicine, Eyewitness Human Body and Medicine. He has been shortlisted for prizes ranging from BBC Blue Peter Book of the Year to Times Educational Supplement Information Book of the Year and the Rhone-Poulenc Prize, and won the 2014 BMA Board of Science Award for the Public Understanding of Science, and as of 2018 is a two-time winner of the School Library Information Book award.
Content
Part 1 The body: what is the body made of?; shapes and sizes; faces and features; body cells. Part 2 The body surface: the skin; fingerprints; hair and nails. Part 3 The body framework: skeleton; structure of bones and joints. Part 4 The moving body: muscles and movement; muscle power and stamina; hand muscles. Part 5 Airways and breathing: lungs; the respiratory system. Part 6 Fuelling the body: eating and digestion; diet and energy; chewing and swallowing. Part 7 Transport and maintenance: circulation; the heart; blood; hormones; temperature. Part 8 Control and communication: the control centre; the nervous system; reflexes; the brain; the memory; learning. Part 9 Sensing the surroundings: the senses; eyes; hearing; balance; smell; taste; touch. Part 10 The body's life-cycles: stages of life; reproduction; growth and ageing; genes and inheritance.