An oddly compelling, often hilarious exploration of the strange lives of our bodies postmortem. For 2,000 years, cadavers-some willingly, some unwittingly-have been involved in science's boldest strides and weirdest undertakings. They've tested France's first guillotines, ridden the NASA Space Shuttle, been crucified in a Parisian laboratory to test the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin, and helped solve the mystery of TWA Flight 800. For every...

The Cat in the Hat takes Sally and Dick on a trip in his Inside Your Outside Machine.

"Describes human muscles, including skeletal muscles and involuntary muscles, and how they work"--Provided by publisher.

A chronicle of the evolution of humankind traces the genetic history of the organs of the human body, offering a revealing correlation between the distant past and present-day human anatomy and physiology, behavior, illness, and DNA.

"Describes the human skeleton, including connective tissues, bone growth and repair"--Provided by publisher.

"In this book, Dr Sarah Schenkerv reveals the truth behind the biggest health and body myths of our times, with a scientific explanation as to why they are nonsense. Using the latest research, she reveals why most vitamins are useless, juicing is nothing more than a fad and clean eating can be dangerous. She also debunks scaremongering health headlines, such as red meat is the enemy , eating fat makes you fat and everyone should avoid gluten. Presented...

Describes the various parts of the human body and the jobs that each part performs while also suggesting ways to care for the body and keep it well.

In this second exercise, you'll find another 15 questions to test your knowledge of genetics. Topics include Punnett squares, genotypes and phenotypes, dominant and recessive alleles, and co-dominance.