The Way We Work: Getting to Know the Amazing Human Body

by David Macaulay

Book Overview

In this comprehensive and entertaining resource, David Macaulay reveals the inner workings of the human body as only he could. In order to present this complicated subject in an accurate and entertaining way, he put in years of research. He sat in on anatomy classes, dissections, and even reached inside the rib cages of two cadavers to compare their spleen sizes. He observed numerous surgeries, including a ten-hour procedure where a diseased pancreas...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0618233784
• ISBN13: 9780618233786
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 3.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.4" x 10.9"
• Age Range: 10 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 5 and higher

Customer Reviews

Nice addition to my library

I enjoy the pictures and the format is great! Nice addition to my library. Had to get this one since I like The Way Things Work so much.

Great book

If you are at all interested in the way the human body works you'll love this book. Its a cool gift book even for kids.

The Way We Work, by David Macaulay

This is a beautifully done research reference work about the body and how it works. Everyone should have this book in their library.

Large-size, clear, bright color drawings - many full-page - throughout accompany lively facts about

From how humans breathe or see to how eyes perceive, this is an outstanding focus on how humans work blending basic physiological reviews and medical facts with an analysis of the human body's systems and how they affect daily functioning. Large-size, clear, bright color drawings - many full-page - throughout accompany lively facts about the human body designed to capture and retain interest for all ages, from high school students through general-interest adult readers.

Anatomy and Physiology in an easy to digest form. A nurses perspective.

I am a nurse and also a student currently working on my masters. During the course of my degree I have of course had to learn anatomy (body structures) and physiology (body functions). The one thing that I have always had issue with was the way even my very expensive books for school seemed to lack in any really good illustrations. I am a visual learner and I really appreciate the clarity of a good illustration. What David Macaulay has done here with this book "The way WE work" is to look at the body from the viewpoint of an engineer and illustrator. Mr Macaulay is the mastermind of the very popular The way things work. He has brought those skills to the human body. I appreciate the very clear and thoughtful way he portrays different body components and how they all work together and eventually quit working. I recommend this book to anyone who is a visual learner or needs to really have a unique perspective for a project. This book is great for any grade school student to any college student. It will probably not replace your need to get the expensive A & P books, however. It will augment your current library though and that in itself is wonderful. Highly recommended!