Bill Bryson - The Body: A Guide for Occupants | Paperback

Explore the extraordinary machine that is the human body with Bill Bryson's #1 Sunday Times Bestseller, The Body: A Guide for Occupants. This work delves into how our physical and neurological makeup functions, revealing astonishing stories and complex facts about the vessel we inhabit daily. A brilliant successor to A Short History of Nearly Everything, this book is an essential read for anyone interested in the history and mechanics of human existence.

Bill Bryson undertakes the task of understanding the miracle of our existence, covering everything from the body's remarkable ability to heal itself to its intricate internal workings. It is an entertaining and fact-rammed exploration of what it means to be human.

• #1 Sunday Times Bestseller in both hardback and paperback formats.
• Shortlisted for the 2020 Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize.
• Explores the functions and mysteries of the human physical and neurological makeup.
• Written by acclaimed author Bill Bryson.
• Offers an entertaining and fact-rich guide to the human body.

• Author: Bryson, Bill
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 23 July 2020
• Pages: 544 pages (print length)
• ISBN-10: 0552779903
• ISBN-13: 978-0552779906
• Dimensions: 128 x 34 x 197mm
• Weight: 395g
• Publisher: Black Swan

Discover the complexity and wonder within you with this essential volume on human biology and history of science.