Life In The Human Body

Author : Time-Life Books
Publisher : Time Life Medical
ISBN 13 : 9780783513539
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Human Body written by Time-Life Books and published by Time Life Medical. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the structure and function of various parts of the human body, including bones, muscles, heart, lungs, brain, nervous system, digestive system, immune system, and reproductive organs.

Author : Jamie A. Davies
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199673535
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Life Unfolding written by Jamie A. Davies and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014-02 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the story of human development from egg to adult, showing how the understanding of how human beings come to be has been transformed in recent years.

Author : J. Gordon Betts
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781947172807
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Anatomy and Physiology written by J. Gordon Betts and published by . This book was released on 2013-04-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Karel Schrijver
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0198727437
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Living with the Stars written by Karel Schrijver and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2015 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Living with the Stars tells the fascinating story of what truly makes the human body. The body that is with us all our lives is always changing. We are quite literally not who we were years, weeks, or even days ago: our cells die and are replaced by new ones at an astonishing pace. The entire body continually rebuilds itself, time and again, using the food and water that flow through us as fuel and as construction material. What persists over time is not fixed but merely a pattern in flux. We rebuild using elements captured from our surroundings, and are thereby connected to animals and plants around us, and to the bacteria within us that help digest them, and to geological processes such as continental drift and volcanism here on Earth. We are also intimately linked to the Sun's nuclear furnace and to the solar wind, to collisions with asteroids and to the cycles of the birth of stars and their deaths in cataclysmic supernovae, and ultimately to the beginning of the universe. Our bodies are made of the burned out embers of stars that were released into the galaxy in massive explosions billions of years ago, mixed with atoms that formed only recently as ultrafast rays slammed into Earth's atmosphere. All of that is not just remote history but part of us now: our human body is inseparable from nature all around us and intertwined with the history of the universe.

Author : Frances Ashcroft
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393089541
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Spark of Life: Electricity in the Human Body written by Frances Ashcroft and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2012-09-24 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is a wonderful book. Frances Ashcroft has a rare gift for making difficult subjects accessible and fascinating." —Bill Bryson, author of The Body: A Guide for Occupants What happens during a heart attack? Can someone really die of fright? What is death, anyway? How does electroshock treatment affect the brain? What is consciousness? The answers to these questions lie in the electrical signals constantly traveling through our bodies, driving our thoughts, our movements, and even the beating of our hearts. The history of how scientists discovered the role of electricity in the human body is a colorful one, filled with extraordinary personalities, fierce debates, and brilliant experiments. Moreover, present-day research on electricity and ion channels has created one of the most exciting fields in science, shedding light on conditions ranging from diabetes and allergies to cystic fibrosis, migraines, and male infertility. With inimitable wit and a clear, fresh voice, award-winning researcher Frances Ashcroft weaves together compelling real-life stories with the latest scientific findings, giving us a spectacular account of the body electric.

Author : John Clancy
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1788400984
Total Pages : 425 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Secret Life of the Human Body written by John Clancy and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2018-08-30 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most of us take our body for granted and are never aware of its amazing capabilities. This book looks at how the seven octillion atoms that make up the human body are grouped into organs, tissues, nerves, fibres, fluids and more in such a way that the entire system runs smoothly without us ever knowing about it. It explains the hidden world of hormones and enzymes, the battleground of your immune system, the senses and much more. It also reveals the astonishing secrets of the human body, from the 15 'other senses' we have beyond the known five, to the reason we have eyes capable of seeing the Andromeda galaxy 2.5 million light years away. Chapters include: Cells, tissues and body structure The skin, skeleton and muscles The cardiovascular system Internal protectors: warriors behind the scenes The respiratory system

Author : Time-Life Books
Publisher : Time Life Medical
ISBN 13 : 9780809496549
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Human Body written by Time-Life Books and published by Time Life Medical. This book was released on 1992 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uses a question and answer format to discuss the anatomy and function of the human body.

Author : Connie Jankowski
Publisher : Teacher Created Materials
ISBN 13 : 1433391244
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Investigating the Human Body written by Connie Jankowski and published by Teacher Created Materials. This book was released on 2007-12-14 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are more than six billion humans who all share the same basic structure. Scientists categorize body parts by function. There are many systems such as the cardiovascular system, the respiratory system, the digestive system, the urinary system, and the endocrine system. The body is an amazing machine, and these are just a few of the parts!

Author : Daniel Lieberman
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 030774180X
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Story of the Human Body written by Daniel Lieberman and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A landmark book of popular science that gives us a lucid and engaging account of how the human body evolved over millions of years—with charts and line drawings throughout. “Fascinating.... A readable introduction to the whole field and great on the making of our physicality.”—Nature In this book, Daniel E. Lieberman illuminates the major transformations that contributed to key adaptations to the body: the rise of bipedalism; the shift to a non-fruit-based diet; the advent of hunting and gathering; and how cultural changes like the Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions have impacted us physically. He shows how the increasing disparity between the jumble of adaptations in our Stone Age bodies and advancements in the modern world is occasioning a paradox: greater longevity but increased chronic disease. And finally—provocatively—he advocates the use of evolutionary information to help nudge, push, and sometimes even compel us to create a more salubrious environment and pursue better lifestyles.

Author : Heather Alexander
Publisher : Wide Eyed Editions
ISBN 13 : 9781847809063
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Life on Earth: Human Body written by Heather Alexander and published by Wide Eyed Editions. This book was released on 2017-03-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How many bones do I have in my body? What does my heart do? And why do we breathe? Find out in this fact-filled book, the first in a new non-fiction series for children aged 5+. Each book answers 100 questions in a simple and informative way, and has more than 70 lift-flaps to open.