Bodyology: The Curious Science of Our Bodies - Softcover

George, Rose; Marsden, Rhodri; Graber, Cynthia; Steinberg, Neil; Birrell, Ian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0995497869 ISBN 13: 9780995497863

Publisher: Canbury Press, 2018

Synopsis

Ever wondered what it’s like to be hit by lightning or to lose your sense of smell? Heard about the woman saved by bee stings — or the window cleaner who survived a 400ft fall?

Originally written for the Wellcome charity, these 16 stories by leading science writers explore the mysteries of the human body. Learn about everything from diets to allergies, hair colour to rare blood, and from allergies to remote surgery.

Contents

· What’s it like to be struck by lightning?

· Why do we colour hair?

· The man with the golden blood

· Why dieters can’t rely on calories

· 3D printers can now make body parts

· How to fall from a skyscraper and live to tell the tale

· The quest to explain miscarriages

· Seeking a ‘cure’ for male baldness

· How bee stings saved a woman’s life

· The global trend for ‘kangaroo’ babies

· What it means to lose your sense of smell

· The doctor aiming to end eye pain

· Could allergies be a defence against noxious chemicals?

· Why business is going slow on the male pill

· How virtual reality headsets aid remote surgery

· Shhh! What exactly is the menopause?

Table of Contents

Contents

· What’s it like to be struck by lightning? - Charlotte Huff

· Why do we colour hair? - Rebecca Guenard 

· The man with the golden blood - Penny Bailey

· Why dieters can’t rely on calories - Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley

· 3D printers can now make body parts - Ian Birrell

· How to fall from a skyscraper and live to tell the tale - Neil Steinberg

· The quest to explain miscarriages - Holly Cave

· Can the power of thought outwit ageing? - Jo Marchant

· Seeking a ‘cure’ for male baldness - Rhodri Marsden

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· How bee stings saved a woman’s life - Christie Wilcox

· The global trend for ‘kangaroo’ babies - Lena Corner

· What it means to lose your sense of smell - Emma Young

· The doctor aiming to end eye pain - Bryn Nelson

· Could allergies be a defence against noxious chemicals? - Carl Zimmer

· Why pharma may be going slow on the male pill - Andy Extance

· How virtual reality headsets aid remote surgery - Jo Marchant

· Shhh! What exactly is the menopause? - Rose George

About this title

About the Author

Charlotte Huff covers medical and business stories that help bring complex issues to life. She has written freelance for magazines and worked on staff at several daily newspapers, tackling an array of writing styles-profiles, trend pieces and narratives. She gravitates toward articles that explore the interplay between medicine, money and patient care.

Review

Review

It's a good sign when you pick up a book intending to read one chapter and end up reading three. It's very moreish. This is because it's made up of short, self-contained articles, originally published on a website. Often an edited collection of articles by different authors suggests a boring read, but here the articles are good pieces of journalism with plenty to interest the reader.

The topics are all vaguely human body related, but thankfully not all medical (not my favourite subject) - so, for example, as well as stories of a person cured of Lyme disease by bee stings or a piece on miscarriages we get topics like the effects on the body of being struck by lightning or falling from a high place. Even some more explicitly health-related matters, such as the impact of losing your sense of smell, were engaging enough to get me past my medical squeamishness. (Brian Clegg Bodyology - Mosaic Science)

About this edition

• Publisher: Canbury Press
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0995497869
• ISBN 13: 9780995497863
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272