Your Breathtaking Lungs and Rocking Respiratory System (Your Brilliant Body) - Softcover

Mason, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0750297409 ISBN 13: 9780750297400

Publisher: Wayland, 2016

Synopsis

Packed with amazing facts and eye-grabbing images, Your Breathtaking Lungs and Rocking Respiratory System takes a different approach to teaching the reader about the lungs and how and why we breathe.

Every spread opens with an amazing science fact about the human body - for example - An average person breathes around 8,000-9,000 litres of air in a day! - then goes on to explain how scientifically this is possible. By exploring these attention-grabbing sections, readers will build up their understanding of how the body's lungs and respiratory system work.

Detailed diagrams and amazing images illustrate the lively, factual text. Your Breathtaking Lungs and Rocking Respiratory System looks at the structure of the lungs and the process of breathing. What happens when we breathe in? What actually is a sneeze? Why is breathing in harder than breathing out? Why does talking depend on breathing? Answers to all these questions and many more can be found in this fascinating title.

The Your Brilliant Body series includes:
'See for Yourself' features - practical activities that help readers understand key ideas
Amazing fact panels to intrigue the reader
Advice on keeping in good shape, and warnings about common health problems.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wayland
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0750297409
• ISBN 13: 9780750297400
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32