Body Facts

As a person with a growing interest in the medical sciences, I am always on the lookout for informative medical references that will teach me about the body and medical practices. I received this great book as a gift and it fits my criteria for a book that I would buy. The publishing house that made this book, Dorling Kindersley, has a growing list of references that they publish. "Body Facts" falls under the pocket references that are put out by the company, and even though it's tiny in size doesn't mean that the information it carries is small as well. The information in this reference is concise and right to the point. This is a book that won't make you read for pages to get a tiny bit of general information on something. All of the information is apparent and easy to find. When I use a reference I want a lot of information but I don't want it to read like it's a bunch of jumble that I cannot understand. Every written word in this book is written in a manner that a person that is taking in the information for the first time can understand everything. The book is broken down into six sections, five of which are on certain parts of the human body. There is also a two page introduction to teach you how to use the book. The first section of the book is on body structures, which features the human skeleton, muscles, and joints; the second section is on the brain and nervous system, and includes information on the spinal cord and senses in addition to the information that is on the title of the section. The third section is on heart, blood, and lungs, which also has some information on the endocrine system; The fourth section is on the digestive and excretory systems; The fifth section is on the reproductive section, which has information on genetics; the sixth and final section is a simple reference guide which has nutrition and excercise information, as well as a human body timeline and the traditional index and glossary that is commonplace in many works of non-fiction. All of the pictures and diagrams that are in the book are simple to understand, and as said above, the same goes with the actual text. This book is written by an actual doctor, so you are getting this information from a pro that studied everything and much more for four solid years. This is a great addition, or a start, to anybody's medical library.Happy Reading!