Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
Emma Young (Author)
Emma Young is an author and an award-winning science, health and medical journalist. She has a degree in psychology and 20 years' experience working on titles including the Guardian, the Sydney Morning Herald and New Scientist, for which she worked as a senior online reporter in London and Australasian Editor in Sydney. Now employed by the British Psychological Society as a Staff Writer, she also freelances articles and writes books.
Maribel Lechuga (Illustrator)
Maribel Lechuga is a freelance illustrator based in Madrid. She has worked for clients all over the world, such as Anaya, Edelvives, Palabra, Heinemann, Usborne, Charlesbridge or Harper Collins.
Her versatility and sensitivity make her illustrations stand out, bringing poetry to her artwork, full of beautiful textures and bright colours.
She loves nature, animal watching, hiking and a good conversation.
Web: www.maribellechuga.com
Instagram site: @maribellechugaillustration
Curious fans will quickly become experts with this informative, inventive and entertaining take on a body book!
Do you know everything there is to know about the human body? Humans have all of the answers about how it works, right? Well, this book is here to show you that you're WRONG! But don't worry, even the experts can't be right all the time . . .
So, let's uncover the truth! From breathtaking brain tricks to awesome undiscovered senses, discover how everything you think you know about the human body is actually untrue in this in-depth, ingenious book.
Also available in this series: Everything You Know About Dinosaurs is Wrong!, Everything You Know About Minibeasts is Wrong!, Everything You Know About Sharks is Wrong! and Everything You Know About Birds is Wrong!
Praise for Emma Young:
'Accessible and fun . . . truly a kind of genius!' Bill Bryson
Humans have five senses . . . WRONG!
The appendix doesn't do anything . . . WRONG!
Every part of our body is human . . . WRONG!
Do you know all there is to know about the body? Humans have all of the answers about how our anatomy works, right? Well, this book is here to show you that you're WRONG! But don't worry, even the experts can't be right all the time . . .
So, let's uncover the truth! From breathtaking brain tricks to awesome undiscovered senses, this ingenious book is packed with so much bodily brilliance, you'll soon become an expert.
Some people are double-jointed . . . WRONG!
Do you know someone who can bend their thumb all the way back to touch their wrist? Or maybe you've seen a contortionist at a circus put their legs over their shoulders?
How does this happen? Where two or more bones are connected, or joined, to allow a bit of your body to bend, this is a 'joint'. Your knees, elbows, wrists and ankles are all joints.
Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
Emma Young (Author)
Emma Young is an author and an award-winning science, health and medical journalist. She has a degree in psychology and 20 years' experience working on titles including the Guardian, the Sydney Morning Herald and New Scientist, for which she worked as a senior online reporter in London and Australasian Editor in Sydney. Now employed by the British Psychological Society as a Staff Writer, she also freelances articles and writes books.
Maribel Lechuga (Illustrator)
Maribel Lechuga is a freelance illustrator based in Madrid. She has worked for clients all over the world, such as Anaya, Edelvives, Palabra, Heinemann, Usborne, Charlesbridge or Harper Collins.
Her versatility and sensitivity make her illustrations stand out, bringing poetry to her artwork, full of beautiful textures and bright colours.
She loves nature, animal watching, hiking and a good conversation.
Web: www.maribellechuga.com
Instagram site: @maribellechugaillustration