Anatomies : the human body, its parts and the stories they tell
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
Anatomies : the human body, its parts and the stories they tell
AUTHOR:
Aldersey-Williams, Hugh.
ISBN:
9780670920723
PUBLICATION_INFO:
London : Penguin Books, 2014.
PHYSICAL_DESC:
xxv, 294 p. : ill. ; 20 cm
GENERAL_NOTE:
Originally published: London: Viking, 2013.
ABSTRACT:
Including facts, stories and information drawn from across history, science, art and literature - from finger-prints to angel physiology, from Isaac Newton's death-mask to the afterlife of Einstein's brain, this title explores our relationship with our bodies and investigates our changing attitudes to the extraordinary physical shell we inhabit.
SUBJECT:
| Human body -- Popular works. |
| Human anatomy -- Popular works. |
| Human physiology -- Popular works. |
BIBSUMMARY:
Including facts, stories and information drawn from across history, science, art and literature - from finger-prints to angel physiology, from Isaac Newton's death-mask to the afterlife of Einstein's brain, this title explores our relationship with our bodies and investigates our changing attitudes to the extraordinary physical shell we inhabit.