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In this expanded edition of a classic work, Schider's complete, historical text is accompanied by a wealth of anatomical illustrations. A variety of plates showcasing master artists - including Leonardo, Rubens, Michelangelo, Muybridge, and Vesalius - and their classic works on anatomy are also included. Features 593 illustrations.
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"Some low-frequency sounds--such as noise from storms or truck engines--can make you feel dizzy and nauseated. An index finger's light touch can stop people from losing balance. You are more prone to trip when you think someone is watching you. A breakthrough in improving balance as we age might just come through the study of the Achilles tendon. A person gets "falling down drunk" due to a tiny structure in the inner ear that floats when it becomes...
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"If you didn't have any bones, what would you look like? It wouldn't be pretty! Read all about vertebrates--animals with bones--and find out just how bones shape what all kinds of animals look like." --Back cover.
Compares animal skeletons and discusses the size, length, and strength of their bones.
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Hailed by teachers, students, and critics for fifty years, this manual presents both action studies and practical diagrams for portraying the human figure in motion and at rest. Anatomical details appear in pragmatic, generalized shapes that simplify identification and reproduction. More than 300 images complement the easy-to-follow text, which includes a valuable survey of art history and magnificent figure drawings by such masters as Michelangelo,...
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"Guess which bird each colorful close-up belongs to, then turn the page for the answer and some fascinating facts about that animal. Two final pages add to the fun with a quick look at other extraordinary birds and their interesting body parts - from the tops of their heads to the tips of their tail feathers."--Page [2] of cover.
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In this superb guidebook, a master of figure drawing shows readers in precise detail how to render human anatomy convincingly. Over 460 illustrations reveal the structure of the body by presenting careful, knowledgeable articulation of the muscles and bones lying beneath the skin.
12) Animals and me
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48 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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Photographs and text examine different parts of the human body, explaining what they are for, and comparing them to the similar body parts of animals.
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Eyewitness visual dictionaries volume 4
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64 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm.
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x, 450 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
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"Bill Bryson, bestselling author of A Short History of Nearly Everything, takes us on a head-to-toe tour of the marvel that is the human body. As compulsively readable as it is comprehensive, this is Bryson at his very best, a must-read owner's manual for everybody. Bill Bryson once again proves himself to be an incomparable companion as he guides us through the human body -- how it functions, its remarkable ability to heal itself, and (unfortunately)...
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271 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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"Zoologist Bill Schutt delivers a look at hearts from across the animal kingdom, from insects to whales to humans. Illustrated with black-and-white line drawings"--
Schutt, a zoologist, tells an incredible story of evolution and scientific progress with a likely look at the hearts of animals, from fish to bats to humans. He takes us on a tour from the origins of circulation, still evident in microorganisms today, to the tiny hardworking pumps of...
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48 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
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Presents information on how cells combine to form plants and fungi and carry out processes such as photosynthesis, and how plants reproduce through pollination and fertilization, or through spores and cones. Includes color illustrations and a glossary.
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