The Complete Human Body - Hardcover

Alice Roberts

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Hardcover

ISBN 10: 140534749X ISBN 13: 9781405347495

Publisher: DK, 2010

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Get under your skin with this access-all-areas guide to the human body

Discover a breathtaking portrait of the human body as it's never been seen before, using the latest medical and microscopic imaging. The Complete Human Body covers the development, form, function and disorders of the human body, all brought to life by incredible state-of-the-art 3D computer-generated artworks.

Take a detailed look at how your respiratory system works, discover the anatomy up-close and learn about over 200 diseases and how they afflict the human body. Perfect for students, families and health professionals.

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Review:

A detailed but accessible atlas of anatomy (n/a BMA News Review (Student Edition) 2010-10-01)

Excellent new anatomy atlas that employs the latest medical and microscopic imaging and 3-D computer-generated artwork to show the form, functions and disorders of the human body (n/a The Bookseller 2010-06-04)

Editor Alice Roberts has compiled a guide with quakities of how an encyclopaedia commissioned by Bill Bryons would read; full of facts laced with whimsical side notes accompanied by outstanding and elegant images (Thushara Goonewardene The Lancet 2010-10-09)

About the Author:

Dr Alice Roberts, presenter of Don't Die Young, Coast and The Incredible Human Journey all on BBC2 is a qualified medical doctor, anatomist, osteoarchaeologist and anthropologist. She teaches clinical anatomy, embryology, and physical anthropology at Bristol University

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