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  • Published: 20 February 2017
  • ISBN: 9780241506615
  • Imprint: Dorling Kindersley
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 528

The Complete Human Body

The Definitive Visual Guide




Get under your skin with this access-all-areas guide to the human body

Explore the human body as never before thanks to groundbreaking new imaging technology.

From the tiniest cell to the skin covering your entire body, this incredible ebook showcases everything about you in unparalleled digital detail.

The 3D computer-generated images cover the entire body, region by region and system by system, featuring everything from bones, muscles, and joints to cells and DNA. An extensive section on what goes wrong includes physical and mental health disorders. The development, form, and function of the body is explained by anthropologist expert Professor Alice Roberts. This new edition includes extra detail on the hands, feet, and major joints.

With more than 500 pages ranging from the genetic information of DNA to the diagnosis of 200 diseases, The Complete Human Body is an invaluable study resource for biology students and everyone interested in the workings of their own bodies - you'll wonder how you survived without it!

  • Published: 20 February 2017
  • ISBN: 9780241506615
  • Imprint: Dorling Kindersley
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 528

About the author

Alice Roberts

Alice Roberts is an anthropologist, writer and broadcaster, and is currently Professor of Public Engagement in Science at the University of Birmingham. She has presented several landmark BBC series including The Incredible Human Journey, Origins of Us, Coast and The Celts. Her latest book on evolutionary biology, The Incredible Unlikeliness of Being, was shortlisted for the Wellcome Trust Book Prize in 2015.

www.alice-roberts.co.uk

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