My Amazing Body Machine: A Colourful Visual Guide to How your Body Works

My Amazing Body Machine takes kids on a unique and exciting journey through all the working parts of human anatomy.

From our intricately wired brain to our squeezing, squelching guts and relentlessly pumping heart, renowned scientist Robert Winston exlores each part of this living machine through incredible, original papercraft artworks by Owen Gildersleeve. With clear text and fascinating bite-size facts about the human body, My Amazing Body Machine is a body book that makes learning about biology fun. Up-close photography shows how your body works in an immediate and ingenious way.

My Amazing Body Machine by Robert Winston is a fabulous, colourful book and makes understanding the most complex machine on Earth both simple and enjoyable: the human body.

Lord Robert Winston is Professor of Science and Society and Emeritus Professor of Fertility Studies at Imperial College London. He is one of a kind - a world-renowned scientist who has combined ground-breaking academic work with an ability to communicate ideas and understanding to the general public. Owen Gildersleeve is an award-winning set designer and illustrator based in London. His work uses a range of handcrafted techniques, and he enjoys collaborating with photographers, animators, and stylists to help bring his ideas to life. Owen's playful, handcrafted creations have won him numerous awards. His work has also been exhibited across the world including London, New York, Tokyo, and Bangkok.