比尔·布莱森：身体的短暂旅程：一本关于我们令人难以置信的解剖学的畅销书插图版 A Really Short Journey Through the Body

基本信息

Format:Paperback / softback 144 pages

Publisher:Penguin Random House UK

Imprint:Puffin

ISBN:9780241606247

Published:10 Oct 2024

Weight:350g

Dimensions:297 x 228 (mm)

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

你的一生都将在你的身体里度过。所以了解它是如何运作的，这很公平，对吧？

这本书将教你关于你这个机器的一切知识。从你惊人的大脑到你辛勤工作的心脏。

准备好回答大问题，例如：

玩 Fortnight 时你会动多少块肌肉？（拇指在控制器上抽动一下会动用十块肌肉）

辣椒真的辣吗？（简短回答：不辣。我们被一种植物骗了。）

我们能打多远的喷嚏？（你的喷嚏飞沫可以达到八米远——这意味着你可以对着整个班级打喷嚏。）

你还会遇到像 Chevalier Jackson 这样的人，他收集了人们不小心吞下的东西（当然是为了科学研究）。并了解我们为什么会大便（以及为什么会发臭）。

这本插图精美的书充满了事实、历史和幽默，由全球畅销的科学和历史作家比尔·布莱森（问问你的妈妈，他就是那个留着胡子的人）撰写，将帮助你了解我们身体和大脑的秘密。

“为孩子们提供了一系列令人着迷的科学事实”——《每日电讯报》

You’ll spend your WHOLE LIFE in your body. So it’s only fair you know how it works, right?

This book will teach you EVERYTHING you need to know about the machine that is YOU. From your astonishing brain to your hard-working heart.

Get ready for the BIG questions, like:

How many muscles do you move playing Fortnight? (A twitch of a thumb on the controller uses TEN muscles)

Are chillis actually HOT? (Short answer: no. We’ve been fooled by a plant.)

How far can we sneeze? (Your sneeze droplets can reach up to eight meters – which means you could sneeze over an entire class.)

You’ll also meet people like Chevalier Jackson, who collected things that people had swallowed by accident (for science, of course). And learn about why we poo (and why it smells).

Packed with facts, history and humour, this beautifully illustrated book, from global bestselling science and history author Bill Bryson (ask your mum, he’s the one with the beard), will help you understand the secrets to our bodies and brains.

'Offers young people a series of fascinating scientific facts' - Daily Telegraph

作者简介

比尔·布莱森 1951 年出生于爱荷华州得梅因。他的畅销书包括《小滴水之路》、《小岛笔记》、《林中漫步》、《一个夏天》和《雷霆小子的生活和时代》。在一次全国民意调查中，《小岛笔记》被评为颇能代表英国的书籍。他广受好评的科普作品《万物简史》获得了安万特奖和笛卡尔奖，是英国十年来畅销的非小说类书籍。他的新书《身体：居住者指南》入围皇家学会科学图书奖，是一本国际畅销书。

比尔·布莱森 2005 年至 2011 年担任杜伦大学校长。他是皇家学会荣誉院士。他住在英国。

艾玛·杨是一位屡获殊荣的科学记者，著有十多本儿童、青少年和成人书籍。近期的出版物包括《超级感官：你的 32 种感官的科学及其使用方法》（针对成人）和《你的感官人体》（针对儿童）。

Bill Bryson was born in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1951. His bestselling books include The Road to Little Dribbling, Notes from a Small Island, A Walk in the Woods, One Summer and The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid. In a national poll, Notes from a Small Island was voted the book that best represents Britain. His acclaimed work of popular science, A Short History of Nearly Everything, won the Aventis Prize and the Descartes Prize, and was the biggest selling non-fiction book of its decade in the UK. His new book The Body: A Guide for Occupants was shortlisted for the Royal Society Science Book Prize and is an international bestseller.

Bill Bryson was Chancellor of Durham University 2005-2011. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society. He lives in England.

Emma Young is an award-winning science journalist and the author of over a dozen books for young people and adults. Recent titles include Super Senses: the Science of your 32 Senses and How to Use Them (for adults) and Your Sense-ational Human Body.