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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In Eve, Cat Bohannon answers questions scientists should have been addressing for decades. With boundless curiosity and sharp wit, Bohannon covers the past 200 million years to explain the specific science behind the development of the female sex. Eve is not just a sweeping revision of human history, it's an urgent and necessary corrective for a world that has focused primarily on the male body for far too long. Bohannon's findings, including everything...
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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An overview of human anatomy and physiology covers every system of the human body, examining the structure and functions of organs, tissues, cells, muscles, and bones, and discusses more than two hundred diseases and disorders.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
"Explore the science behind sleep, work, diet, rest, exercise, and leisure"--Page 4 of cover.
Many activities we take for granted are in fact undermining our well-being. Farrimond casts his eye over a typical day in our lives, and explores the science behind sleep, work, diet, rest, exercise, and leisure. Along the way, readers will learn how to make their day healthier, happier, and more productive. Discover the facts behind the fads, and learn...
Author
Publisher
Firefly Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"From your dividing cells to your beating heart, this book takes a comprehensive look at the human body and reveals extraordinary enzymes, defunct body parts and super-powered lymphocytes along the way. In 12 illustrated chapters, Anatomy Bible makes sense of all the body's systems, explains medical terminology and explores questions."--
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Language
English
Description
For fans of Bill Bryson and Mary Roach, this entertaining exploration of human evolution reveals where we inherited our adaptable, achy, brilliant bodies.
"From blurry vision to crooked teeth, ACLs that tear at alarming rates and spines that seem to spend a lifetime falling apart, it's a curious thing that human beings have beaten the odds as a species. After all, we're the only survivors on our branch of the tree of life. The flaws in our makeup...
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