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Movers and Shapers (Bodyscope) [Hardcover]

Patricia Macnair (Author)

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November 11, 2004 7 and up3 and upBodyscope
The most astonishing and complex organism on Earth—the human body—is explored in this dynamic new series. A dazzling array of specialized photography and state-of-the-art digital illustrations reveals the secrets of human biology in breathtaking detail. Incorporating the very latest medical research, this groundbreaking series provides a compelling guide to what makes us work, from our heartbeat to brain cells. Feature spreads take an in-depth look at a wide range of subjects, including the invisible creatures that call our skin home and the amazing scanning techniques doctors use to peer inside the body. Each book includes a comprehensive glossary, together with key website links.

Bones, muscles, and joints give the human body shape and structure. They also enable us to perform a wide range of movements, from smiling to dancing. Movers and Shapers peels away our outer layers and reveals how the musculoskeletal system works so efficiently and effectively. Along the way, the reader is shown how limbs move, why exercise is vital to keep our muscles and joints in good working order, and how bones heal.

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Reviewed with Patricia Macnair's Life Cycle.

Gr. 3-5. This first pair of entries in the new Bodyscope series are by a British medical doctor with a flair for kid-friendly trivia (the butt muscle is one of the body's strongest). Macnair is equally adept at describing complex processes for young readers without too much distracting detail. Life Cycle gets the awkward specifics of sexual intercourse out of the way with a single dispassionate sentence ("The man puts his penis in the woman's vagina"), and then engagingly traces the path of human development from egg to embryo, infant to aging adult. Although it covers a less dramatic topic, Movers and Shapers aligns well with elementary-school anatomy curricula and underscores the importance of physical fitness. Both books are organized and densely illustrated in the style of DK's Eyewitness books, but Life Cycle's luminous X-ray images of fetuses in utero make it the more visually striking of the two. A nicely annotated list of Web sites, a somewhat spotty glossary (why define testes but not scrotum or prostate?), and a comprehensive index conclude. Jennifer Mattson
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Dr. Patricia Macnair received her medical degree from University of Bristol in England and a master's degree in medical ethics and medical law from King's College, University of London. She is now a medical journalist.

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