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You walk, you breathe, you talk, you think. You are the most complex and intelligent organism on the planet. But how does this organism work? And how did you arise from one unique cell? Sara Stein is an award-winning science writer whose research is impeccable and whose writing is gifted. In THE BODY BOOK-crammed with facts, statistics, explanations, and connections-she tells the incredible story of your body.
YOUR BODY INSIDE
· DNA, chromosomes, and genes.
· How one sandwich can feed 40 trillion cells.
· The biggest brain in the world (and thoughts that travel 250 miles per hour).
· Your body's defenses.
· Tonsils, the appendix, and the remnants of a tail.
· How the little bits of iron that color your blood red also flowed through the veins of the dinosaurs.
AND OUT
· How you see, hear, taste, touch, smell.
· The sixth sense
· Your gorilla-hairy body
· Sweat, oil, milk, and tears (which actually "wash away" sadness).
· The skin: the body's largest organ.
· Tans, burns, freckles, and the one gram of pigment difference between blacks and whites
· How you grow into your face
"Sara Stein explains things in ways that kids can relate to and turns science into an adventure," writes the Los Angeles Times. Author of the highly acclaimed The Science Book and award-winning Evolution Book, Sara Stein is the mother of four sons and lives with her husband in New York.
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