Title:
Everything you know about the human body is wrong / Matt Brown.
ISBN:
9781849944311
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
London : Batsford, 2018.
Physical Description:
160 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
Body basics -- Same thing, different name -- Organs -- A miscellanea of dodgy folk tales -- The microscopic body -- Sex myths -- The hungry body -- Five food myths that don't pass muster -- Body oddities -- An A-Z of quackery -- The body compromised -- Famous bodies -- Are you pronouncing it wrong? -- Other myths, misconceptions and misnomers -- Let's make up a new wave of false facts.
Summary:
"Does giving kids sugar make them hyperactive? Is there such a thing as being double-jointed? And is it actually dangerous to swim after eating? Covering everything from pseudoscience to recent research, Everything You Know About the Human BodyIs Wrong debunks the myths we've all taken for granted since childhood. Written by Matt Brown in his trademark humorous style, this book tells you the truth about bodily blunders, medical misquotes, curious cures, and more!"--Amazon.com.
Subject Term:
OCLC Number:
on1023736390
Availability:
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