"Original Skin is at times a scientific study, remarking on the biological magic behind the human body's largest organ. At others it becomes an anthropological survey, dissecting separate societies' attitudes towards barebodies, and the motives behind cultural rituals such as tattoos. However, Original Skin is, above all, a celebration of the human body; its tone one of absolute awe for the simultaneously protective and fragile membrane that divides...

"Study blood and muscles, learn how to take your pulse, look inside your brain, test your sense of smell, search for special words, read the stories and legends, answer the quiz questions"--Cover.

"Knowing body parts and accompanying vocabulary are essential topics in both health and science elementary curricula. In this helpful volume, close text and image correlation make fundamental concepts comprehensible. Readers will recognize the body parts in each colorful photograph and associate them with their own. Finally, theyll consider how they use their many body parts in their daily lives"--Provided by publisher.

"Flights is a novel about travel in the twenty-first century and human anatomy, broaching life, death, motion and migration. From the seventeenth century, we have the story of the Dutch anatomist Philip Verheyen, who dissected and drew pictures of his own amputated leg. From the eighteenth century, we have the story of a North African-born slave turned Austrian courtier stuff and put on display after his death. In the nineteenth century, we follow...

"Quick science experiments using the human body"--