witty, jargon-free prose that glides you through 400 pages. It is woven through with the kind of human stories that Bryson has made his trademark. Every page is dense with scientific facts written as vividly as a thriller, as well as answers to conundrums such as why we don't fall out of bed when we are asleep. plus some anger and life advice - all delivered in the inimitable Bryson style - Gavin Francis * Guardian * Extraordinary stories about the heart, lungs, genitals. There really is no story more amazing than the story of us.' Bill BrysonĪ directory of wonders. ' What I learned is that we are infinitely more complex and wondrous, and often more mysterious, than I had ever suspected. It will have you marvelling at the form you occupy, and celebrating the genius of your existence, time and time again. Full of extraordinary facts and astonishing stories The Body: A Guide for Occupants is a brilliant, often very funny attempt to understand the miracle of our physical and neurological make up.Ī wonderful successor to A Short History of Nearly Everything, this new book is an instant classic.
The idea of the book is simply to try to understand the extraordinary contraption that is us.'īill Bryson sets off to explore the human body, how it functions and its remarkable ability to heal itself. 'We spend our whole lives in one body and yet most of us have practically no idea how it works and what goes on inside it.
' It is a feat of narrative skill to bake so many facts into an entertaining and nutritious book. 'Classic, wry, gleeful Bryson.an entertaining and absolutely fact-rammed book.' - The Sunday Times THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER - SUNDAY TIMES SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019
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