Do you know what you're made of? The answer is CELLS about thirty TRILLION of them all working together to form one awesome human being: YOU.
The tiniest building blocks of life are crammed amongst the pages of this book, waiting to be discovered. From individual cells to complex systems, discover how your body moves, grows, breathes, senses, thinks and feels. Find out why you get butterflies in your stomach, how your brain is more complex than the most powerful computer, and that you are home to more bacteria cells than there are stars in the Milky Way.
Featuring expansive, artistic illustration that is as beautiful to look at as it is educational, your intricate, incredible cells are worth a closer look.
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'A gorgeous in-depth look at the human body's building blocks, for readers of 7+' * Guardian *
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A beautifully illustrated, in-depth look at the intricate machine that is the human body.
What's inside a cell?; What do we have so many cells?; How do cells know
what to do? How cells team up, Brain cells; Heart cells; Fat cells; Blood
cells; Bone cells; Skin cells; Liver cells; Sex cells From cells to
systems; Digestive system; Respiratory system; Cardiovascular system;
Skeletomuscular system; Integumentary system; Immune system; Excretory
system; Nervous system; Endocrine system Where do cells come from?; When
cells go wrong; Why don't cells last forever The body microbiome
Isabel Thomas studied Human Sciences at the University of Oxford. She is a science writer and children's author who has been shortlisted for the Royal Society Young People's Book Prize, the ASE Science Book of the Year, and the Blue Peter Book Awards. Isabel also writes for children's science magazines Whizz Pop Bang and The Week Junior Science + Nature, and for science outreach projects. She is a primary school governor and parent of three young sons. Dawn Cooper Dawn graduated from Bath School of Art & Design with a first-class degree in Graphic Communication in 2011, and she has rarely set down her pens and paper since! Her work includes non-fiction children's books, book covers, maps and packaging. Dawn finds great inspiration from the natural world, traditional botanical drawings, animals, works of fiction and illustrated quotations.
