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(0)Hugh Aldersey-Williams
Author
Publisher
Ecco
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
"In the spirit of A SHORT HISTORY OF NEARLY EVERYTHING, an energetic and wide-ranging book of discovery and discoverers, of exploitation and celebration, and of superstition and science, all in search of the ways the chemical elements are woven into our culture, history, and language." --Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Combining science, history, and culture, explores every aspect of human anatomy from ancient body art to modern plastic surgery, discussing why some people are left-handed and why some cultures think the soul resides in the liver.
