*****= An all-time favorite
**** = Outstanding
*** = Above average
** = Enjoyable
*
= Good, with reservations
***DK Guide To the Human Body
A Photographic Guide Through the Human Body
by Richard Walker
Reviewed October 17, 2001.
A Dorling Kindersley Book. 2001. 64 huge pages.
Available at Sembach Library (J 612 WAL).
This book is awesome! I learned amazing things about the
human body myself. The book is full of images--CT scans, bone scans,
angiograms, x-rays, ultrasounds, and electron microscope photos.
My favorite is of a “macrophage trapping a pathogen.” It’s amazing
what scientists can see these days, and they’ve passed on the images to
you. If I were a home schooler, I’d rush out to buy this book.
As it is, I may decide to anyway--a stunningly comprehensive view of the
human body. Lessons about parts of the body were nothing like this
when I was a kid!
Book Reviews by Sondra Eklund