Author(s): Steve Parker

Health

The human body is the world's most sophisticated machine. Learn everything that makes you what you are, from your skin and muscles through to the beating heart that keeps everything working. Find out why we shiver when we get cold and sweat when we get too hot, grow new skin everyday, need our brain to control all our thoughts and movements, rely on our amazing muscles to perform acrobatic feats, have an army of blood cells to protect us from disease and need a balanced diet to keep our bodies working properly. Packed with diagrams to explain complicated processes, illustrations taken from a digital model of the human anatomy and simple experiments for you to try out yourself.