Adam's Navel

Adam's Navel
Author: Michael Sims
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2004-06-29
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1440677956

In this amusing and brilliantly conceived book, Michael Sims introduces you to your body. Moving from head to toe, Sims blends cultural history with evolutionary theory to produce a wonderfully original narrative in which he analyzes the visible parts of the body. In this fascinating brew of science and storytelling, readers encounter not only accessible explanations of the mechanics of their anatomy, but also the layers of mythology, religious lore, history, Darwinian theory, and popular culture that have helped to shape our understanding of any given body part. A titillating and unique book, Adam’s Navel is learned and entertaining, a marvelous lens through which to study the form we all inhabit—but may not really understand.

Adam's Navel

Adam's Navel
Author: Michael Sims
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2003-07-31
Genre: History
ISBN: 0713995688

A tour of the body, telling the natural (evolutionary) history of each part, and the cultural history that records our response to it. Starting with the head, it moves down, chapter-by-chapter to end with the feet. Chapter titles include Samson'sHair, What's an Eye Without an Eyebrow? A Brief History of Navel-Gazing and Why do Men Have Nipples? With memorable insights, amusing anecdotes and revelations on every page.

Adam's Navel

Adam's Navel
Author: Stephen Jay Gould
Publisher:
Total Pages: 68
Release: 1995
Genre: Evolution (Biology)
ISBN: 9780146000478

The Flamingo's Smile

The Flamingo's Smile
Author: Stephen Jay Gould
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 484
Release: 1985
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780393303759

Contains thirty of the author's essays from monthly columns in Natural History Magazine.

Omphalos

Omphalos
Author: Philip Henry Gosse
Publisher:
Total Pages: 398
Release: 1857
Genre: Bible and evolution
ISBN:

Adam's Navel

Adam's Navel
Author: Michael Sims
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2004-06-29
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780142004647

In this amusing and brilliantly conceived book, Michael Sims introduces you to your body. Moving from head to toe, Sims blends cultural history with evolutionary theory to produce a wonderfully original narrative in which he analyzes the visible parts of the body. In this fascinating brew of science and storytelling, readers encounter not only accessible explanations of the mechanics of their anatomy, but also the layers of mythology, religious lore, history, Darwinian theory, and popular culture that have helped to shape our understanding of any given body part. A titillating and unique book, Adam’s Navel is learned and entertaining, a marvelous lens through which to study the form we all inhabit—but may not really understand.

A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English

A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
Author: Eric Partridge
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 1426
Release: 2006-05-02
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 1134963653

The definitive work on the subject, this Dictionary - available again in its eighth edition - gives a full account of slang and unconventional English over four centuries and will entertain and inform all language-lovers.

Proceedings ...

Proceedings ...
Author: Erie County (N.Y.). Board of Supervisors
Publisher:
Total Pages: 444
Release: 1893
Genre:
ISBN:

Too Much and Not the Mood

Too Much and Not the Mood
Author: Durga Chew-Bose
Publisher: FSG Originals
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2017-04-11
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 0374535957

An entirely original portrait of a young writer shutting out the din in order to find her own voice