Ultimate Bodypedia: An Amazing Inside-Out Tour of the Human Body

Ultimate Bodypedia: An Amazing Inside-Out Tour of the Human Body — page 3 — INTRODUCTION Ultimate Bodypedia is all about the amazing fascinating HUMAN BODY It's easy to forget just how incredible the body is because after all we hang out with our own bodies all the time so we tend to take them for granted But if you stop and think about everything your body does you just might consider how great it is and you are For starters isn't it amazing that you can read this book It's also amazing that people invented words and ink paper and cameras and all the other things that went into making Ultimate Bodypedia All these inventions were devised by the human brain Your brain the control center of your body also enables you to move your body so you can throw a ball ride a bike draw a picture climb a tree or sing Happy Birthday All the while your body's doing a million things that you're not even aware of like digesting breakfast growing new skin and carrying oxygen to cells from head to toe and ear to ear Researching this book was like traveling through a different country stopping to marvel at new sights and look at old ones with fresh eyes For instance as a science writer I already knew many things about bones but I didn't know that a young boy who washed ashore after a shipwreck in the mid 1700s helped discover better ways to set broken bones when he grew up You can read more about this boy Evan Thomas on page 58 I also learned that today's researchers are experimenting with using 3 D printers to make materials that can be put into damaged joints to help them grow and heal As an adult I'm lucky to blend my love of science with my love of reading and research which has led me to writing such books as this one I hope you will enjoy exploring the marvels and mysteries of the human body Maybe someday you will discover something new and important about how the body functions and even how to fix it when something goes amiss There is a world of discovery waiting inside you as well as all around you Christina Wilsdon Science writer and co author of Ultimate Bodypedia

Ultimate Bodypedia: An Amazing Inside-Out Tour of the Human Body — page 5 — Did you know the human brain is wrinkly Did you know your foot contains 26 bones Did you know you have trillions of cells body in your

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