The Complete Human Body: The Definitive Visual Guide by Alice Roberts

The Complete Human Body: The Definitive Visual Guide Reviews

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  Jenna

  A extremely indepth guide into all aspects of the human body. Highly recommended.
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  Marci -

  With the full colour diagrams, and illustrations along with a DVD, this will be the book you want if you are curious about the human body
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  Beth Daugherty

  absolutely amazing!! perfect for helping with all those crazy questions my 9 yr old has. it's our new coffee table book.
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  Liz Neves

  I am loving this book. Continually blown away by the human body.
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  Jules Bertaut

  This book was pretty informative and the graphics were very cool, but it was exhaustingly cis/het (male-this, female-that, puberty=interest in the opposite sex, etc.). Also the heart and lung graphics were confusing because the blood into the lungs was often red and the blood out was often blue, which is weird because red often signals oxygenated blood.
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  Olivia Victorius

  great book. answer most of the question related to human body. I love how they explain it in a very simple way yet contain so much information that easy to understand by people with no science background. amazing.
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  Karen

  My third grade son checked out this book for the illustrations. He only looked at the illustrations, he didn't even read the text. This book is worth four stars just based on that.
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  Amgad Muhammad

  Thorough, encyclopedic
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  Fiona🌸

  得到了运动损伤患者的五星肯定，仔细研究了肘关节、膝关节的骨胳、肌肉、韧带，简单翻阅了最后一部份“疾病和功能失调”，简而言之：详细、准确、清晰，描述保守，但作为小孩的科普书，这本太难了。（打算留着作工具书查阅
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  Dachokie

  Great Home Reference …
  
  This book was reviewed as part of Amazon's Vine program which included a free advance copy of the book.
  
  DK’s HUMAN ANATOMY is great graphic reference for a general understanding of the human body.
  
  The book is divided into three main sections, each with a designated color page corner for “easy reference”:
  
  1) “The Integrated Body” – serves as an introductory chapter that explains human genetics, the human cell, body composition and an overview of the body’s systems.
  
  2) “Body Systems” – the “meat and potatoes” of the book. A thoroughly detailed graphic presentation of the human body (skeletal, neuro, lymphatic, muscular, cardiovascular, reproductive, etc.). All organs and systems are shown with multiple annotations accompanying each graphic. Visually enticing and thoroughly notated, it is easy to get wrapped up in simply flipping pages.
  
  3) “Imaging the Body” – Explains the various manners in which the body can be imaged to detect ailments, monitor the effects of treatments and discover/understand the progression of disease.
  
  I found the book to be highly informative and interesting … a superb reference for the family library. It examines every aspect of the human body and does back up its claim as “the definitive visual guide”. I have yet to see a book as thorough. I think the benefit of this book is using it as a means to understanding how the human body operates as a whole rather than a medical guide to diagnose ailments/injuries. However, seeing how the various systems work independently and together can provide enough information to piece together a rudimentary understanding of how/why some ailments can/do occur.
  
  My only real issue with the book is how it is organized. I wish the “Body Systems” section was broken-down so the various systems could be located easier (rather than sifting through 200 green-tabbed pages for specific systems). A smaller issue is with the annotations … they serve mostly to identify/name particulars. While some of the annotations do explain functions, I would have liked to see more of the explanatory annotations throughout the book.
  
  Aside from a few minor issues, I can’t find a reason NOT to own this book. It’s over-sized, interesting, impressively visual, highly-detailed and educational … an essential reference for every home.
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  Alain Burrese

  DK's “Human Anatomy: The Definitive Visual Guide” is visually impressive for sure. This large size hard-cover book has full color illustrations throughout along with a complete overview of the entire human body. This includes parts on cells and body composition at the beginning, moving into sections on Skin, Hair and Nails; Skeletal System; Muscular System; Nervous System; Respiratory System; Cardiovascular System, Lymphatic and Immune System; Digestive System; Urinary System, Reproductive System; and the Endocrine System. The book concludes with a section on imaging the body.
  
  It should be noted that on the cover it says, “Content Previously Published In “The Complete Human Body.” So if you have that, you probably wouldn't want to get this volume. This is a good book for anyone wanting to “See” the components of the human body. It is great for visuals, hence the name, “Human Anatomy: The Definitive Visual Guide.” If you are looking for more in depth descriptions of all of the systems mentioned above, you may need to also get additional resources. So this book might help your high school student understand basic biology and human anatomy, but for a college student taking college level anatomy classes further references will be needed.
  
  I think this is an excellent visual guide for those that want simple understanding with great visuals on human anatomy, because most people don't want to read a detailed medical guide on anatomy and biology.
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  Adenin

  a great book, to know how body work, simple and very interesting ;) in the book there are about anatomy human, how body works and function and about disease, there is also a glossary hehe
  
  suitable for all ages ;)
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  PottWab Regional Library

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  Vanessa Villegas

  It was a good book. It gives a general idea of the human body structure. Note: there isn't much on the function.
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  PottWab Regional Library

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  Jennifer Cole

  Excellent illustrative book of basic anatomy. I love the simplicity here! Easily approachable. I really like how there are life size sections of the body. Great casual reference!
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  Swyiêê Téé

  bestt!!