The Body: A Guide for Occupants

Wonderfully written book with lot of facts.

Absolutely brilliant book!

The very good book to read and learn about the body and how it works. Highly recommended ♥️ Good book for the people who loves reading science field books. 📚

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Davvero bello, interessante e originale come tutti i libri di Bryson.

There's two ways I look at this book: one as a non-medical person, and the other as a medical practitioner. Let me start with the latter. The criteria I use for assessing this book are: is the book accurate, is it detailed enough, and is there any misinformation in it? From a medical point of view, the contents are accurate (although there's evolution in our thinking on a lot of this every month), and they have a reasonable amount of detail, and I didn't find anything objectionable about the content from an informational point of view (or any other point of view, for that matter). So the book passes my medical review with flying colors. For the non-medical point of view, the assessment is more along the lines of: is the book interesting, does it convey the information clearly and cleanly, and is it a "good" read? The answer to all three is yes. Bryson's writing style is well known, and while the humor and irreverence is toned down a bit, it's still here (and fun). The amount of information is considerable, but digestible for most people, I suspect. The level of detail is good. And, it's an interesting read, which is one of the most important aspects. The book was written recently so reflects knowledge as of 2019, and while there's been some evolution in the medical world since then, the differences won't impact the content very much or be of interest to most readers. This is a long book: it took me a couple of weeks to get through it, reading a chapter at a time, basically, but that's not because the book isn't interesting as much as a comment on my time for reading. This is, quite simply, one of the best layman-oriented books on the human body I know of for the average reader, and it's highly recommended on that basis. Even for someone in the medical world, who will know a big chunk of this anyway, the anecdotes and stories make it a worthwhile read.

livro com uma leitura fácil, boa qualidade.