About this item
What Makes Your Body Work introduces some of the body's major organs and systems through experiments that the reader can preform. From understanding why the brain can decipher ltteers in a wrod in the wrnog oredr to measuring your own lung volume, What Makes Your Body Work is bursting full of insightful and brilliant ways to discover what makes our bodies tick. Packed full of eye-catching illustrations and explanatory diagrams as well as truly fascinating experiments that can be performed easily, Gill Arbuthnott takes readers on journey to reveal the answers behind what really makes your body work.
About the Author
Gill Arbuthnott was born in Edinburgh and went to the school made famous in the novel 'The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie' which probably contributed to her decision to become an author. However, she also wanted to earn enough to stay alive, so having studied zoology at St Andrews University, she taught Biology for a very long time while she established a writing career. This began with children's fiction, before swerving into popular science with a sprinkling of history. She now writes fantasy for children, YA and adult audiences as well as a variety of non-fiction. She lives in Edinburgh with her family and Len, her psychopathic cat and hopes, one day, to reach the bottom of her to-be-read pile.
