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Have you ever really stopped to think about how absolutely amazing and miraculous the human body is, from the microscopic and molecular, all the way to the fully functioning sum of all its parts? It truly is mind boggling. This reminded me a lot of some of Mary Roach‘s books, which I also enjoy. Lots of interesting facts and statistics. But kind of depressing how poor the U.S. ranks compared to other nations in a variety of areas.

DNF
I‘ve read three books trying to avoid this book. It‘s just not happening. It‘s not me, it‘s you. This just did not live up to the hype. I‘ll probably be passing on future Bill Bryson books. I just don‘t get his popularity. He‘s just not my cup of tea. My A&P book was way more exciting to read, honestly.
#BillBryson #TheBody #Audiobook #busbook #DNF #boring #fatphobia #nonsense #snore

A croc eats 2-5 pounds of meat a DAY. That‘s 1302-3255 calories a DAY that a croc eats. So according to Bill, humans MUST (he said must) eat 39,060-97,650 calories a day. Either he‘s got his science wrong here, he‘s got his science wrong about the dieting, or he‘s got his science wrong all the way around. I want to see some sources.
#BillBryson #TheBody #audiobook #busbook #science #pseudoscience #questionable

This means, that according to Bill here:
A 100lb person must eat 7,000 calories a day
A 150lb person must eat 10,500 calories a day
A 200lb person must eat 14,000 calories a day
A 300lb person must eat 21,000 calories a day
Granted, these are just to maintain weight. So NO ONE should be eating the 1200 calories a day often recommended (probably because that is the nutritional necessity of a TODDLER! ⬅️ read that again).

And even people who do lose weight, about 95% will gain back AT LEAST AS MUCH AS THEY LOST. The body is not designed to lose weight. Notice that bigger bodies in societies that do NOT diet magically have none of the health problems bigger bodies in societies that diet do. Hm. It‘s almost as if the bigger bodies aren‘t the problem.

Does this mean that my propensity to sweat a lot means I‘m extra brainy or just that I think too much? Or does it not work that direction at all?
#BillBryson #TheBody #audiobook #busbook

Greatly enjoying this one so far!
#BillBryson #TheBody #audiobook #busbook

Had to read this for my Health Science course. I‘m not a fan of non-fiction but this was entertaining and fully understandable. It details how the body functions and discusses how it has an amazing ability to heal itself too. So many fascinating facts, stories from around the world and now a new found respect for our existence.

This should be required reading for biology classes instead of a textbook! This was chock full of interesting things about the human body. He also gives brief backgrounds on people who have contributed greatly to the science and medical fields. I‘m so glad I listened to the audiobook; Bryson was a delight to listen to.

A bit of light afternoon reading!
This chunkster arrived yesterday, have to read it as part of my health science degree. Wish me luck!

Interesting, informative, amusing and terrifying 😊 There is a bit too much repetition, still I really enjoyed this book.

I‘m setting records today. Bailed on Bill Bryson‘s The Body and The Cruelty is the Point by Adam Serwar.

The Body was just dull. I never say that about Bill Bryson, but I tried listening to it on audiobook and I just could not engage. I felt like it was jumping all over the place. The send book was a collection of essays about the Trump administration. I just couldn‘t. Four years was more than enough.

Got my first goal for #nutsinmay out of the way!! Finished this book and I'm happy to note that it was interesting all the way through. At moments my interest did wane a bit but I could just as easily read 100 pages in one go! Comprehensive but also surface, perfect for anyone not really versed on how their body functions #science #nonfiction #biology

Ok last blurb for this book! I'm curious to see what my mom will think about it after reading it since she actually reads a lot of nutritional content and a lot of the information here is basic and moreso historical, a lot of what I've read is stuff I remember from HS bio with maybe some extra history vs technical #science #nonfiction #nutsinmay

Idk man, that COVID vaccine really got me feeling terrible the day after 😂😂🤨 #nonfiction #science Almost done with this one!! Took me longer than I wanted but I also haven't been reading as much as I'd like #nutsinmay #readathon

Oh my 😆😆😆 #nonfiction #science #biology

#nonfiction #science #biology #race

Ok but my only thought is FMA's Elric brothers 🥺🥺

This is so great. Might be my favorite that I‘ve had the pleasure of reading this year. A book for everyone interested in science and the body!

It was okay. A bit dry at times, interesting at times, and not completely accurate at others. I don‘t know if I‘d recommend it exactly. There are better science books out there.

It was interesting enough for me to finish. It was like a more entertaining version of a textbook. Informative, but not a must read.

Informative and interesting look at the body and it‘s functions from head to toe.

#3books I plan to read this month.

One for book club, one on audio, and one because I love a new Backman!

It‘s taken me a couple weeks to get through this, but it was absolutely worth it. I tend to read a lot of nonfiction and done wrong it‘s dry, boring, droll and a pain to read. Not so here, even though Mr. Bryson packs a ton of info into this book I still found it engaging. Any fans of nonfiction, human anatomy, science or Bill Bryson should pick this up

Just sitting quietly, doing nothing at all, your brain churns through more information in thirty seconds than the Hubble Space Telescope has processed in thirty years. A morsel of cortex one cubic millimeter in size—about the size of a grain of sand—could hold two thousand terabytes of information, enough to store all the movies ever made, trailers included, or about 1.2 billion copies of this book.

#nonfiction2020 #health Bill Bryson is a natural storyteller, so this was interesting and enjoyable . Author finds just the right balance of medical knowledge vs anecdotal highlights that keeps the book fresh all the way through.

These kind of Science books are the ones which should be available in every schools.

Loved It ❤

What a perfect time to read this book 😅😅😅🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯 #Bill_Bryson

So good and readable! I listened to it as an audiobook and Bryson‘s narration is excellent. It was just the kind of witty, informative entertainment I need right now. Although the parts about the flu were jarring and all too real now.

So good!

5⭐️ I really enjoyed this book. Much like his book, At Home, Bill Bryson describes how uniquely our bodies are constructed. I found that the chapter on diseases was particularly appropriate, especially since we are going through a pandemic right now. Excellent read. #ebook #nonfiction #2020

And here we are in the midst of another outbreak..... #COVID19

Bryson can take any subject and make it interesting. His dry sense of humor is on every page as he walks us through the way the human body works. From diseases that have been eradicated to horrific old medical practices, we learn both the history and the abilities of our bodies.

“Just sitting quietly, doing nothing at all, your brain churns through more information in thirty seconds than the Hubble Space Telescope has processed in thirty years.”

Bailing after a very painful 18%.
1. This man RAMBLES!
2. I don‘t like his organization of the book.
3. Despite the many interesting differences between humans and animals, there was still a lot of overlap with vet school.
In fairness, this is the third Bryson I‘ve bailed on, so I‘m probably not going to try any more.

People are dying for me to finish this book so I stop spouting random facts (like guys have erections for about 2 hours a night and melatonin is the only hormone you can buy without a prescription in the US).

A deep look into the body and how it functions. Great science communication. Accessible and interesting.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book from cover to cover. Who would have thought a book covering various aspects of the human body would make me laugh while reading it, but Bryson has a way of dropping in witty comments amongst his well-researched facts.

If students had this in biology instead of a textbook they would probably be more interested in learning. ☺

“Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are.” Well I just ate a jalapeño bagel and iced coffee, listening to a MLM pitch happening behind me. Run, girl. Save yourself.

This is a typical Bill Bryson. If you have the patience and the interest to read a book full of facts then you are sure to like this. Each chapter focuses on a different section or system of the body and Bryson gives you more factual and fun facts than you will ever remember. It was a really interesting read and I would definitely recommend it to people who enjoy this type of thing. 💟

If you loved A short History of Nearly Everything, you‘re going to love this one too. Every chapter, Im like WOAHHH THATS SO COOOL. See also, my old scroungy kitty 😭😭😭

A good overview of what all is in your body, written lightly and with humour.

"Taste receptors have also been found in the heart, the lungs, and even the testicles. [?] No one knows quite what they are doing there. They also send signals to the pancreas to adjust insulin output, and it may be connected to that."

An American doctor with the "luxuriant name" of Chevalier Quixote Jackson has been called "the father of American broncoesophagoscopy". Bryson says "he was most assuredly that, though it must also be said there were not a lot of other contenders."

"We never see the world as it is at this very instant, but rather as it will be a fraction of a moment in the future. We spend our whole lives, in other words, living in a world that doesn't quite exist yet."

#MOvember #Celebration we celebrate together on Christmas Eve & I give everyone a book ... so these are my choices so far ( I must get one for the small girl yet) ... I‘ve read them & so can vouch for them all ✨except the tagged book... I hear it‘s good though 🤞🏻❤️

Well .... I just can‘t... the audiobook is not for me ... it‘s read by Bryson himself and he is just not a compelling narrator. It‘s just putting me right to sleep 😴

Done with Lethal White .... and now moving on to some non fiction with Bill Bryson 🤓📚

#NonFictionNovember A very typical Bryson exploration of the Body, head to toe. Best when he is delving into historical ways of thinking about the functions of our various organs, weird “cures”, the “firsts” - surgery, transplant, vaccines. Then we go down the road of statistics, comparisons of healthcare in different countries and he is less engaging- not to say it is not important but not really advancing his topic. Read by Bryson 4⭐️