Product Details

• Actors: Alexander Scourby, Leslie Nielsen, Joseph Campanella, Orson Welles, Richard Basehart
• Directors: Alexander Grasshoff, Aram Boyajian, Bert Haanstra, David Seltzer, Jack Kaufman
• Writers: James Lipscomb
• Producers: Alexander Grasshoff, Al Giddings, Bud Wiser, James Lipscomb
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Nat'l Geographic Vid
• VHS Release Date: July 16, 2002
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000067DDQ
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #27,186 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
In its usual engrossing fashion, National Geographic presents The Incredible Human Body. Starting with the science of conception, this special takes you from one couple's journey through in-vitro fertilization to the removal of a man's brain tumor (while he is awake!) to the amazing memory of London cab drivers. Our body consists of 206 bones, 650 muscles, and a heart that will beat three billion times in our lifetime. How and why does our body develop the way it does? DNA expert J. Craig Venter says, "It's just like solving a jigsaw puzzle, only the jigsaw puzzle in our case has 27 million pieces [and] it came in a very big box and there was no picture on the cover." The Incredible Human Body explores how the brain and body interact to not only function, but adapt and learn. Narrated by actress Kate Burton, The Incredible Human Body is a fascinating lesson in mind-body interaction. --Dana Van Nest

Product Description
The Incredible Human Body explores the enigmatic human body, showcasing its abilities -- and its potential -- by using revolutionary, cutting-edge imaging systems and the latest advances in science and technology to go inside the bodies of real people, right down to their stem cells. Following a couple trying to conceive, a professional athlete at the top of his game, and a man with a brain tumor, The Incredible Human Body shares in the personal stories of four extraordinary groups of people and explores the body from the inside out as never before.

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11 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Below the average, October 10, 2002

By	"jfnsantiago" (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) - See all my reviews

This review is from: National Geographic - The Incredible Human Body (DVD)

I thought this DVD slightly below an average National Geographic video once there is more personal dramas than scienfic information. However I was moved by the story of a teacher with a brain tumor and his family anxiety.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating, May 4, 2006

By	Larry Scott Lehman "Scott" (Austin, Tx) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: National Geographic - The Incredible Human Body (DVD)

This was well documented, informative, amazing, and I would recommend getting off of the fence and pulling the trigger, if you are already moving forward, rest easy, you made a wise decision. Very enjoyable.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Geographic Video I've Seen, November 22, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: National Geographic - The Incredible Human Body (DVD)

I gotta say that this is the best National Geographic video I've seen and I have a whole bunch on my video shelf. The animation is fantastic. I'll remember the story of the school teacher and his brain tumor as long as I live. I also liked seeing behind this scenes of thast basketball team as it was something I hadn't seen before. I highly reccommend this video.