Explore the human body layer-by-layer in this eye-popping Victorian-inspired pop-up book.
An expert on the human body, Richard Walker BSc, PhD, is a published author and editor of a number of children's and young adult books. After studying zoology, physiology and biochemistry, Richard enjoyed a successful career in teaching, before deciding to write full-time. Some of his published credits include; The Human Machine: An Owner's Guide, The Body, Encyclopedia of the Human Body and Dr. Frankenstein's Human Body Book.
Ideal for the scientifically minded or the faintly morbid.
This anatomy guide boasts up-to-the-minute information with a
victorian twist; set in the 1839, it casts the reader as a medical
student embarkng on their first dissection. Loving coloured
mutilayed flaps and pop-ups give a brilliant sense of the human
form's complexity.
*The Guardian*
a Victorian-style guide by Richard Walker to the workings of our
bodies with finely detailed pictures by Rachel Caldwell. Good and
gruesome.
*The Evening Standard*
We've been oooh-ing and aah-ing over this insanely complex pop-up
book - it lets you peer right inside the human body without using a
scalpel! Peel back flaps and remove the illustrated organs to
reveal the inner workings of our bodies. The intricate paper
engineering and clear descriptions transport you to an operating
theatre in Victorian Britain, giving an incredible insight into
what's inside of us.
*National Geographic Kids*
A cracking pop-up book with a twist. Not just a visual spectacle,
this book hand-holds the reader through a victorian-era dissection
under the careful instruction of Dr Walker, who guides and comments
on every lift-up flap and 3D vital organ. the characterisation and
storyline really add to the expereince, and this book is bound to
appeal to children aged 9-12 who are interested in science, history
and medicine.
*School Reading List*
The human body is often described as a miracle of nature... and now
you can see the mysteries of its inner workings literally spring to
life in this remarkable, interactive pop-up guide to anatomy.
The human body is complex, amazing, gruesome, but mostly
extraordinary. It moves, senses, thinks and grows, whilst also
being capable of reproducing, repairing and defending itself.
Although we are familiar with the outside appearance of the body,
much of what it does goes on unseen inside us, every second of the
day. This fascinating book aims to explain these processes and, in
turn, to help youngsters (and their parents!) understand them by
looking in detail at the structure and workings of the body from
the head downwards. By combining incredible paper engineering with
Victorian-inspired illustrations by debut artist Rachel Caldwell
and medical notes written by human body expert Richard Walker, The
Human Body provides a compelling and in-depth exploration of how
the body works. It's 1839 in Victorian Britain and you are a
medical student working on your first human body dissection in an
operating theatre! Under the watchful eye of Dr Walker, peel back
the flaps and remove the organs to reveal the inner workings of the
human body layer by layer, from bone and muscle, to the brain,
eyes, heart, lungs and everything in between. Your apprenticeship
begins here!
Lift the flaps, look inside the intricately detailed pop-ups and
then peruse the glossary at the end which lists everything you have
seen, from the arteries and capillary blood vessels to nerves,
neurons, muscles, the spinal cord and cell tissues. Caldwell's
scientific artwork is breathtaking while Walker's medical notes are
eminently accessible with plenty of interesting facts and flashes
of humour to keep young readers entertained. The perfect gift for
budding scientists and doctors... and all curious kids!
*Lancashire Evening Post*
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