There really is no story more amazing than the story of us.' '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.
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Overall, what do you think of Bill Bryson's The Body? Do you feel informed, that you've learned something valuable after reading it? Is it engaging? Does it offer a good balance of science and technology with readable prose for the non-expert? Is it funny? What does Bryson have to say about the overuse of antibiotics? How have we gotten ourselves to the point where we find ourselves in a bacterial "arms race"? How do we win? Can we win?Ħ. What surprised you: perhaps the information antioxidants or how often men think about sex?ĥ. What are some of the myths about health that Bryson says have been debunked by science. Talk about some of the unsung heroes-those who never became household names but whose work resulted in important discoveries.Ĥ. Other times they have been the seemingly insignificant things like, say, the use of agar in petrie dishes. Sometimes they have been legendary cures, like Jonas Falk's vaccine for polio. ( Follow-up to Question 2) Unfortunately, our bodies aren't always in good health, yet over the years science has developed treatments for disease and physical dysfunction. Has reading Bill Bryson's book opened your eyes to just how remarkable these large clusters of cells actually are, how well (for the most part) they perform their jobs?ģ. If we're lucky enough, we take our bodies for granted. Were you surprised by the myriad physical processes that your body performs as you go about your daily life? How about things like the number of oxygen molecules you breathe in and out every so many minutes … or those cute little mites that dine on your eyebrows? (Oh yum.)Ģ.
We'll add publisher questions if and when they're available in the meantime, use our LitLovers talking points to help start a discussion for THE BODY … then take off on your own:ġ.
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