Everything you know about the human body is wrong / Matt Brown.

  • Brown, Matt, 1976-
Date:
2018
  • Books

About this work

Description

"Nothing in the world is more familiar than your own body...or is it? Actually the human body is deeply mysterious - from the location of the stomach to the function of the appendix, things are never quite what they seem. So if you think you know your intergluteal cleft from your olecranon, that you have five senses and ten fingers, or whether you are in your right mind - read on. This myth-busting compendium is packed with facts about your anatomy, how it works (and how it doesn't) and answers essential questions such as 'what will happen if I sneeze with my eyes open?' From the truth about beauty products to Adolf Hitler's testicles, this light-hearted guide to the human body is essential reading for anyone who has ever wondered whether they can swim after a sandwich." -- Back cover.

Publication/Creation

London : Batsford, 2018.

Physical description

160 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

Notes

Includes index.

Contents

Body basics -- Same thing, different name -- Organs -- A miscellanea of dodgy folk tales -- The microscopic body -- Sex myths -- The hungry body -- Five food myths that don't pass muster -- Body oddities -- An A-Z of quackery -- The body compromised -- Famous bodies -- Are you pronouncing it wrong? -- Other myths, misconceptions and misnomers -- Let's make up a new wave of false facts.

Type/Technique

Languages

Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    Medical Collection
    QT104 2018B87e
    Open shelves

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Identifiers

ISBN

  • 9781849944311
  • 1849944318