Richard Walker, originalmente zoólogo, escribe de forma cautivadora sobre el cuerpo humano, la salud y la ciencia. Tras obtener su doctorado en fisiología y bioquímica y años de docencia, se dedicó con éxito a la escritura y la consultoría. Sus obras, a menudo publicadas con DK, profundizan en la biología humana, ofreciendo a los lectores una visión clara y visualmente rica de la complejidad de nuestro cuerpo. El estilo de Walker permite comprender conceptos científicos complejos.
Huesos, músculos, sangre, y otras partes del cuerpo
ESTE ES UN APACIONANTE PEQUEÑO PERO INTERESANTÍSIMO LIBRO QUE NOS ACLARA EN QUE CONSISTEN MUCHOS DATOS, HECHOS Y FENOMENOS COTIDIANOS SOBRE EL CUERPO HUMANO Y QUE MUSCHOS DE NOSOTROS IGNORAMOS CUAL ES EL HUESO MÁS PEQUEÑO, A QUE VELOCIDAD SALE DE NUESTRA NARIZ UN ESTORNUDO, LOS OJOS TIENEN EL 70% DE LOS SENSORES DEL CUERPO HUMANO Y MUCHO MÁS.
Discover the human body with incredible augmented reality animations. The amazing human body literally leaps from the pages of Human Body: 3-D Pop-up. Watch the dancing skeleton, and explore each of the body's systems and how they work with these 3-D digital animations. It's so simple - just hold up the page to a web-cam to activate the animation and see the human body on the page pop-up on screen. Augmented reality boxes indicate where you can find the next animation. This book is packed with detailed facts, stats and figures on the extraordinary human body. Get inside the body and view models, such as the beating heart, from all angles. You won't believe your eyes!
Now in paperback! From blistering bee stings to pus-filled pimples, this eye-popping book takes readers on a virtual tour of all of the grossest, gooiest, and most fascinating events that bodies have to endure. Featuring incredible 3-D graphics that reveal the action and body's response in microscopic detail, Ouch! combines kid-friendly gross-out value with cutting-edge anatomical and biological expertise.
A visually stimulating encyclopedia that explore and explains the workings of the human body. Providing comprehensive support for school children as well as a useful family guide for understanding how the body works, the Encyclopedia of the Human Body is a spectacular reference for young readers. Packed with bold illustrations and easy-to-follow text, the most difficult anatomical concepts, from skeletal and muscular systems to the digestive and reproductive organs, are now simple and easy to understand.
This title features everything you want to know, see and find out about animals. It is a visually amazing encyclopedia all about animals. It is crammed full of incredible stuff to dip into, from cool crustaceans to amazing arachnids, all revealed in a fascinating, exciting, totally different way: it's like a natural history museum, a search engine and the world's biggest zoo all rolled into one. It includes loads of animal-related topics, hundreds of pictures, thousands of words and squillions of amazing things to discover and explore. So find it. See it. Know it.
"This fully illustrated guide to the human body serves both as an essential home reference and a foundation-level text for students and health professionals such as nurses and paramedics. It is organized in two sections. Part one is an illustrated handbook of the anatomy and physiology of the human body. Part two is a concise A-Z medical encycloepdia, with more than 600 entries describing and defining medical conditions and the elements of human biology."--Back cover.
A jaw-dropping tour of anatomy from Robert Winston, award winning author and TV presenter. From how your blood flows through the heart to how your food is digested, take a trip through your very own body and be astounded by its inner workings. An irresistibly graphic, top-to-toe body atlas.
Kingfisher Knowledge is a groundbreaking series for readers hungry for information on today's hot topics. Lively, engaging text, packed with information, accompanies stunning photographs that enhance each chapter. Amazing, state-of-the-art digital artwork guides readers into the fascinating heart of the subject. This learning adventure does not stop there - information panels throughout lead the reader to further discovery. Each chapter offers website links, book lists, places to visit and career information. Microscopic Life explores the lives of the tiny creatures that live around you, in you and even on you These creatures are so small, you cannot see them unless through a microscope. And they are very tough - microscopic life lives in the coldest climates and on the deepest ocean floors, and existed on earth long before humans. However, despite their strange shapes and names, most microscopic creatures such as plankton and pseudoscorpions are harmless to humans, but others, such as viruses and bacteria can be deadly. Discover all types of microscopic life forms and the places they inhabit, and wonder at how many live so close to you.
Jack and his mother are hungry and poor, so Jack takes their cow to market to sell. He swaps it for some magic beans, which sprout a giant beanstalk leading to a castle in the sky, inhabited by a giant.
Roche Harbor is a historically rich location, once home to the Lummi and Songhees people, and later a British military camp established in 1860. The area was notable for limestone quarrying, which contributed to the development of West Coast cities over 90 years. Today, it remains a popular destination for boating, fishing, and kayaking, serving as a gateway to the scenic American San Juan Islands and Canadian Gulf Islands. Its natural beauty and cultural history continue to inspire visitors and poets alike.
