There are a number of theories why, though no one knows for sure. citizens die younger and have higher rates of chronic disease, depression, drug abuse, homicide, and HIV than almost all (if not all) developed nations. Despite spending more on healthcare per person than any other country, U.S.
comes out of this looking even worse than I would have anticipated. I like how Bryson looks at health and disease across the world and not just in the United States and Europe. I mean, we spend a third of our lives asleep and no one even knows why we do that. I swear that about ten times in every chapter, there's a comment like "these cells do this, but nobody knows why" or "women are 10x more likely to get this disease than men, but why is anybody's guess". We know so much more than we did a hundred years ago, and yet we still know almost nothing. My one big takeaway from The Body is that we know almost nothing about the body. And, frankly, it wouldn't be nearly as readable if that wasn't the case. There's a certain amount of depth in some chapters, but it feels like a lot is probably skimmed over so us laymen can wrap our heads around the information. He pulls out little anecdotes that shocked me, infuriated me, and often made me laugh.īryson knows he isn't writing a book for medical professionals here. What really makes this interesting is that he links each part of the body in with the history of medicine and diseases relating to that part. The organs, systems, various proteins and bacterium that I will never remember the name of.
He begins with the head and takes us all the way through the physiology of the human body. His usual charismatic, undemanding style is all over this book. But, no, Bill Bryson really can make anything interesting.
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I wasn't sure I wanted to read a whole book full of words I can't pronounce. There are definitely interesting aspects of the body, but I'm more of a "fun fact here, quirky tidbit there" kinda person. He begins wi I went into this book with the attitude of "of course, Bill Bryson can make anything interesting", but I was still a little unsure if this was the right book for me. I went into this book with the attitude of "of course, Bill Bryson can make anything interesting", but I was still a little unsure if this was the right book for me. 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 book will have you marvelling at the form you occupy, and celebrating the genius of your existence, time and time again.more Now he turns his attention inwards to explore the human body, how it functions and its remarkable ability to heal itself. Full of extraordinary fa In the bestselling, prize-winning A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bill Bryson achieved the seemingly impossible by making the science of our world both understandable and entertaining to millions of people around the globe. In the bestselling, prize-winning A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bill Bryson achieved the seemingly impossible by making the science of our world both understandable and entertaining to millions of people around the globe.
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