Looking at the Body - Softcover

David Suzuki; Barbara Hehner

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471540528 ISBN 13: 9780471540526

Publisher: Wiley, 1991

Synopsis

Looking at the Body Do you know...

• a baby has a lot more bones than an adult?
• you’re shorter at bedtime than in the morning?
• it takes about 23 seconds for blood to circulate through your entire body?
• the smallest bone in your body is inside your ear?

These are just a few of the amazing facts that introduce you to the fascinating world of the body. With David Suzuki as your guide, you’ll investigate what the different parts of the body are, how they are formed, and how they work. Wouldn’t you like to...

• make a stethoscope and listen to your heartbeat?
• measure how big a breath you can take?
• turn your feet into works of art?
• try six impossible tricks?

Filled with exciting projects and activities and extremely well illustrated, Looking at the Body is a great way for kids and their parents to participate in the science adventure.

About this title

From the Inside Flap

"... If all the body’s blood vessels were laid end to end, they would stretch 96,000 km (60,000 miles). That’s about two and a half times around the world. ... An adult has about 35,000,000,000,000 (35 trillion) red blood celis. Each cell lives about 4 months. Before it wears out, it makes about 160,000 trips to and from the heart...." These are just some of the Amazing Facts you’ll find inside Looking at the Body. Have you ever wondered why people become scientists? Well, the answer is really pretty simple: science is lots of fun! And science is especially exciting when you have David Suzuki as your guide. In his friendly, funny, and always informative Looking At books, he shows you why science is a lot more than just a collection of facts. You’ll find out why doing science is like being a private eye hunting down clues in an effort to solve some of nature’s biggest riddles. Throughout the pages of the Looking At books, David Suzuki reveals the answers to such mysteries as how we feel things, how clouds grow, what stars are made of, where ocean waves come from, and hundreds of other fascinating facts. He even shows you how to make some of the tools that scientists use and how to conduct some of the experiments they perform. With things you can find around the house, you’ll make a stethoscope to listen to your heartbeat; use a homemade hydrometer that measures the amount of moisture in the air; and make a map of your tongue showing which parts are sensitive to sweet and which to bitter. Packed with amazing facts, exciting and safe projects and experiments that you can perform at home, and many illustrations, the Looking At books are a great way for kids and their parents to participate in the science adventure.

About the Author

DAVID SUZUKI, a professor of genetics at the University of British Columbia, is the host of the award-winning television series, "The Nature of Things." He is also the author of several other books. BARBARA HEHNER is a writer and editor who has worked with David Suzuki on all the Looking At books . She has edited over 50 other children’s books.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0471540528
• ISBN 13: 9780471540526
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 96