You're fast asleep, and nothing is happening. Or is it? In fact, your body is hard at work. Your lungs are taking oxygen from the air, and your heart is pumping blood round your body. Millions of pieces of information are travelling backwards and forwards to your brain all the time. Muscles are repairing themselves, and in your lymph nodes special cells are cleaning germs and waste from the body. You may think that nothing is happening, but in the extraordinary machine that is the human body, it is very busy indeed... Oxford Bookworms Library Factfiles are non-fiction graded readers from the Oxford Bookworms Library ... |
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Авторите предлагат разнообразие от теми, близки до света на съвременните ученици, които провокират интереса им и ги мотивират да развиват и задълбочават познанията си. Учениците са предразположени да изразяват личното си мнение, да участват в последващи дискусии и да надграждат знанията и уменията си. Голяма част от съдържанието е конкретно насочено към разширяване на общата култура, обогатяване на знанията за света и културните различия в отделните негови части, както и към развиване на чувството за толерантност към различията. Като част от съдържанието на учебника са и текстове, представящи информация за традициите, ... |
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This fresh approach to the perennially popular Questions & Answers format takes a sideways look at all that is wild, wonderful and downright weird about the human body. Brilliantly humorous illustrations and playful text reveal the amazing answers. Find out why cells are so special, how blood circulates, and what happens inside your intestines. ... |
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The present textbook is intended for the students with a Master's educational qualification degree and doctoral students. It introduces the basic morphological knowledge about the human body and human anatomy, which is necessary for the completeness of their education. The intent of this textbook is not to teach clinical practice, but to guide you in learning and appreciating the anatomy of the human body, the anatomical language and principles that will be needed in your medical career. The textbook helps to make anatomy rational, interesting and directly applicable to the clinical problems encountered in medicine ... |
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Atlas d'anatomie humaine et de chirurgie. Atlas der menschlichen anatomie und der Chirurgie. Multilingual Edition: English, French, German. ... We owe a great debt to Jean Baptiste Marc Bourgery (1797 - 1849) for his Atlas of Anatomy, which was not only a massive event in medical history, but also remains one of the most comprehensive and beautifully illustrated anatomical treatises ever published. Bourgery began work on his magnificent atlas in 1830 in cooperation with illustrator Nicolas Henri Jacob (1782 - 1871), a student of the French painter Jacques Louis David. The first volumes were published the following ... |
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The Science Book is the ultimate guide to the world of science, with incredible facts, stunning photographs and artworks and fantastic design. Kids aged 9+ will be enthralled and excited from start to finish. The book contains: the most exciting facts and photos to keep your child interested; fantastic design concepts complement each subject to get kids hooked; covers everything from chemical reactions and the human body to the universe. Four amazing chapters in The Science Book: discover the breakthroughs that have shaped the world in Incredible Science; body science takes a top-to-toe tour of the human body ... |
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From the eccentric museum La Specola in Florence comes this amazing collection of waxworks depicting human anatomy in all its dazzling complexity. A selection of wax bodies and body part and organ studies from the museum's collection is presented here; from skeletons to vein structures, organs to nerves, and arteries to the delicate pores of the skin, the human body is mapped out in meticulous and exacting detail. Texts explaining the human anatomy in layperson's terms and exploring the historical and cultural significance of the wax figures complete this total body experience. This book is from the Bibliotheca ... |
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This gorgeous 4-pack contains an amazing range of words on animals, the human body, dinosaurs and space. Full of clear, colourful illustrations, appealing vocabulary and plenty to talk about, a child's journey of discovery starts here! The books help with language development and increase vocabulary and knowledge of a given topic. Also encourage parent-child interaction. Little experts will thoroughly enjoy discovering the big words as they explore the illustrations with a grown-up! First word books are invaluable for young children as they develop their reading - and are brilliant for sharing time and time again. ... |
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Dr. Alexandra Glavanakova received her MA and PhD degrees at Sofi a University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, where she has been a tenured lecturer at the Department of English and American Studies for over 20 years. She teaches courses in American and Canadian culture and literature, in digital culture, multimodal writing, and literature in the age of the Internet. Her publications have explored the major cultural shift in literacy, education and literature under the impact of digital technology. Posthuman Transformations: Bodies and Texts in Cyberspace explores the re/positioning of the human body and the evolution of the ... |
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One of Stevenson's most famous and enduringly popular works, the Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde describes the mysterious relationship between a respectable and affable doctor and his brutal associate. Set in the grimy streets of Victorian London, this tale of murder, split personality and obscure science, with its chilling final revelation, became an instant horror classic when it was first published in 1886, and has enthralled and terrified generations of readers ever since. This volume also contains seven other Gothic stories by Stevenson - such as The Body Snatchers, Markheim and Olalla - showcasing the ... |
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This book serves as a study guide and source of practice questions for the Pathophysiology final exam. It is suitable for students from the Medicine, Dental Medicine and Pharmacy faculties. This book is organized in two parts. Part One, General Pathophysiology, presents the cellular and tissue responses common to altered health states. Pathophysiology of the disease, organized by human body systems, is presented in Part Two, Systemic Pathophysiology. ... |
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Lucian Freud (1922 - 2011) was interested in the telling of truths. Always operating outside the main currents of 20th-century art, the esteemed portrait painter observed his subjects with the regimen and precision of a laboratory scientist. He recorded not only the blotches, bruises, and swellings of the living body, but also, beneath the flaws and folds of flesh, the microscopic details of what lies within: the sensation, the emotion, the intelligence, the bloom, and the inevitable, unstoppable decay. Despite rejecting parallels between him and his renowned grandfather, the correlation between Lucian Freud's ... |
