In this book the author, a Harvard evolutionary biologist presents an account of how the human body has evolved over millions of years, examining how an increasing disparity between the needs of Stone Age bodies and the realities of the modern world are fueling a paradox of greater longevity and chronic disease. It illuminates the major transformations that contributed key adaptations to the body: the rise of bipedalism; the shift to a non-fruit-based...

You are now entering the hair-raising world of human body facts, where you'll find the scintillating science behind your electrical heart, your unique stench and those bothersome but vital nose hairs. Learn the astonishing ways your body keeps itself alive, even whilst providing a home for billions of organisms that aren't actually human...

A group of toddlers demonstrate all the fun things that they can do with their eyes, ears, mouths, hands, legs, feet--and everything in between.

The human body is an amazing and intricate machine, and its many parts and systems work together to keep us active and healthy! In this book, young readers will learn more about the human body, from the skeleton that gives us shape to the heart that pumps our blood to the skin that holds us together. Diagrams and pictures show how the body's parts fit together, and fact boxes provide further details about how it all works.

Discover the secrets of the human body and find out how everything works! Understand how the body functions to help you move, hear, breathe, grow ... and much more. Packed with facts, illustrations, infographics and photos, this is the perfect introduction to the amazing human body.

A unique and exciting visual guide to the human body, with specially commissioned illustrations that make this amazing machine accessible and engaging for children.

"What is blood for? What do muscles look like? How many bones does a body have? This book is packed with illustrations showing organs, bones, x-rays and scans, to help you build up a complete picture of the human body and how it works." -- back cover.

""To build a world that works for everyone, we must first make the radical decision to love every facet of ourselves. . . . 'The body is not an apology' is the mantra we should all embrace." -Kimberlé Crenshaw, legal scholar and founder and Executive Director, African American Policy Forum"-- "Humans are a varied and divergent bunch with all manner of beliefs, morals, and bodies. Systems of oppression thrive off our inability to make peace with...

This three-part series uses cutting-edge graphics to reveal the surprisingly beautiful biological processes that keep one alive. Discover the ingenious ways your body develops, adapts, and endures, and witness the fascinating and finely tuned systems that keep one's body motoring, and the scientists guessing.

Scripture points to the human body and lived experience as the preeminent arena of God's continuing revelation in the world, says Luke Timothy Johnson. Attentively discerning the manifestations of God's Spirit in and through the body is essential for theology to recover its nature as an inductive art rather than -- as traditionally conceived -- a deductive science. Willingness to risk engaging actual human situations -- as opposed to abstract conceptualizations...