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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Bill Bryson, bestselling author of A Short History of Nearly Everything, takes us on a head-to-toe tour of the marvel that is the human body—with a new afterword for this edition.

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.

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Bill Bryson was born in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1951. His bestselling books include The Road to Little Dribbling, Notes from a Small Island, A Walk in the Woods, One Summer and The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid. In a national poll, Notes from a Small Island was voted the book that best represents Britain. His acclaimed work of popular science, A Short History of Nearly Everything, won the Aventis Prize and the Descartes Prize, and was the biggest selling non-fiction book of its decade in the UK. His new book The Body: A Guide for Occupants is an extraordinary exploration of the human body which will have you marvelling at the form you occupy.
Bill Bryson was Chancellor of Durham University 2005–2011. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society. He lives in England. --此文字指其他 kindle_edition 版本。

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"A delightful tour guide. . .Bryson's stroll through human anatomy, physiology, evolution, and illness (diabetes, cancer, infections) is instructive, accessible, and entertaining."
—Booklist, starred review

"[Bryson] describes the often bewildering mystery of diseases, the science of pain, and the advances made in medical treatment, all with care and concern. Bryson's tone is both informative and inviting, encouraging the reader, throughout this exemplary work, to share the sense of wonder he expresses at how the body is constituted and what it is capable of."
—Publishers Weekly, starred review --此文字指其他 kindle_edition 版本。

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07M82PNSX
出版社 ‏ : ‎ Anchor (2019年10月15日)
出版日期 ‏ : ‎ 2019年10月15日
语言 ‏ : ‎ 英语
文件大小 ‏ : ‎ 62552 KB
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Linda Trzos

Enjoyable read but...

2019年10月26日 - 已在美国亚马逊上发表

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It is a pity that Bryson feels the need to get digs in at the notion of God. For example , he maarvels about the eye and then criticizes it for being made"backward" when he mentions intellivgent desigm. To each his owm view. but going about wonderfully made we are and not even entertaining the idea that there might be something otger than randomness involved is shortsighted. And intentionally insulting that belif system felt hostile to me.

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Ryan Boissonneault

Best introduction to the complexity of the human body available

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If you’d like to learn more about how the body works but don’t want to read textbooks on human anatomy and physiology, this is the book for you. As Bryson writes, “We pass our existence within this warm wobble of flesh and yet take it entirely for granted.” We are the product of three billion years of evolutionary refinement, a biological machine of unimagined complexity, and yet most of us can’t even identify where the spleen is, or what it does.

If this book doesn’t pique your interest in how your body works, then nothing probably will. Bryson takes the reader through each body system, describing the anatomy and physiology of each, but also providing historical information, expert interviews, and biographical details on the pioneers of medical discovery. Bryson, as usual, writes in an informative and entertaining way, presenting information in clever ways (for example, when he states that a portion of your cerebral cortex the size of a grain of sand can hold 1.2 billion copies of this book.) The book is filled with calculations and analogies like this to help the reader better contextualize the information.

I also appreciate how Bryson doesn’t mindlessly repeat the cliches we always here without doing his research. It’s commonly stated that we only use 10 percent of our brains, or that our body contains 10 times as many bacterial cells as human cells. It turns out that these statements, among many others, are false, and Bryson shows you why. He doesn’t take anything for granted and researches all such claims.

You will also come to understand—not only how much you don’t understand about the body—but also how much of the body no one understands. The body is unfathomably complex, and many areas and functions remain mysterious.

If I had to say anything negative about the book, it would be the lack of illustrations. Some diagrams would be helpful, especially on the sections covering anatomy, as it’s hard to visualize the structures as he’s describing them. Also, don’t expect to dive too deeply into the functioning of each body system—the details are selective and you’re going to get equal measures of the history behind the discoveries. This is not a bad thing, as long as you’re expecting it.

Overall, this is probably the best popular book on the subject, and a good entry point for further study in anatomy, physiology, human evolution, or medicine.

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Aran Joseph Canes

Amazed at Your Own Body

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Bill Bryson wants you to stand in amazement at what you’ve been closest to your whole life—your own body. That is the tone he sets in this fascinating look at what we know from science about human anatomy.

It’s important for readers to know that the book takes a modern scientific and not a creator based approach to humanity. While amazed by the feats of engineering evolution has accomplished over the eons, Bryson also points out design flaws or parts that any intelligent engineer would have done better.

The style is not didactic, however, but typical of a Bill Bryson book—wry, frequently going off on tangents about a particular disease or an anecdote about an eccentric scientist. The book covers so much ground that it too is somewhat anecdotal. It really is less a comprehensive guide to the body and more a combination of anatomy 101 with many tales from past and present scientific endeavors.

In short, if you need a complete guide to human physiology this is probably not a thorough enough source. But if you simply want to expand your knowledge of anatomy with an engaging read you can’t go wrong.

I wouldn’t call the book a classic because so much is still unknown about human physiology that it will have to be thoroughly rewritten in ten years. But it does have some of the markings of a good work of literature—like an imagined world in a novel, one gets the sense that Bryson has a much deeper understanding of the human body than he sets down on the page. In other words, he could’ve written a one thousand page book if he had wanted to.

A rare combination of lively writing with an interesting and important subject. It’s hard to think of personal leisure time devoted to something more useful and enjoyable than in reading this book. Highly recommended.

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J. K. Campbell

Bryson Does it Again

2019年10月19日 - 已在美国亚马逊上发表

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Bill Bryson is an author who has the ability to make any subject both enjoyable and edifying. Whether the subject is his own childhood ("The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid"), history ("One Summer"), or science ("A Short History of Nearly Everything"), he seems to be able to extract unique and humorous snippets of information about his subject and weave them into a narrative which is both pleasurable and educational. His relaxed style of writing makes the reader wish he could invite him over for a convivial evening of conversation. As a burnt-out retired physician I thought I would never again want to read anything about the human body, having spent over fifty years immersed in the topic every day. With his book Bryson has demonstrated that I did not know as much as I had thought. If I had read this book before starting medical school, the first two years of my education would have been decidedly less frightening and tedious.

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V. L. Wilson

UP TO DATE TOUR OF OUR BODIES AND MORE -- HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK

2019年10月21日 - 已在美国亚马逊上发表

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I enjoyed reading this straight thru on my Kindle with admiration for all the author's careful research. Having read all his previous books, I was prepared for his humor and I knew this would both educational and enjoyable. As a senior citizen, cancer survivor, heart attack survivor and happy great-grandmother, I learned a lot of up to date information. Thanks for a great book! Perhaps I'll live to a 100? Love those stories!

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