Brain Surgery for Beginners and Other Major Operations for Minors: A Scalpel-Free Guide to Your Insides [Paperback]

S.Parker/D.West (Author)

Book Description

A full-color, illustrated guide to the human body and how it functions explains how humans replace and repair body parts and many other fascinating facts and illuminates how the body operates, regenerates, and heals.

--This text refers to the Library Binding edition.

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Gr. 4^-7. Human anatomy books for this age group abound, but this one approaches the topic from the point of view of the brain. Following a brief history of medicine, Parker offers a detailed discussion of the central nervous system. He then describes the other body systems, emphasizing the brain's role in controlling each. For every function, there are illustrated double-page spreads, with short paragraphs on several subtopics. Within each section, there are subsections called "Spare-Part Surgery" and "Spies on Your Insides," describing, respectively, artificial devices that can replace body parts and modern techniques for examining the body. Although the cartoon-style illustrations and a few flip captions ("low-fat, high-fiber French fry" ) may put off some adults, the book is packed with information and has lots of kid appeal. Kay Weisman --This text refers to the Library Binding edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 62 pages
• Publisher: Millbrook Press (March 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1562948954
• ISBN-13: 978-1562948955
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,630,018 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars T, November 4, 1998

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[e-mail] Eric Baker (Derby, Kansas United States of America) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Brain Surgery for Beginners and Other Major Operations for Minors: A Scalpel-Free Guide to Your Insides (Paperback)

This book guides you through the Human body like none other with very detailed pictures and captions. It tells you about how surgeons can replace organs and how doctors look inside you body. It also gives a picture of each vital (and non-vital) organ and tells you how it works.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars 3 ½* Misleading Title: More Body Than Brain, November 20, 2002

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M. Allen Greenbaum (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Brain Surgery for Beginners and Other Major Operations for Minors: A Scalpel-Free Guide to Your Insides (Paperback)

This book is really more about the organs and tissues then the brain. Because the brain regulates the entire body, the author spends an inordinate (and misleading, from the title) amount of time on topics other than the brain; for example, the different types of teeth, and the layers of the skin. For this reason, a lot of fascinating brain-related information is omitted.

The author is also a bit too glib, and this gives a very mixed tone of the serious and the off cuff: "the two are brought together by sexual intercourse (a term often shortened to `sex' when people are in a hurry"). Moreover, admonishments to care for your body (brush your teeth, exercise more, etc.) seemed out of place. On the positive side, the book has some fun illustrations (although a too cluttered at times), and the large color pictures of the organs and brain are fairly easy to understand. 62 pages, with a short glossary and an index.