With his chapter on the skin, for instance, he moves from bacteria found on the skin to the phenomenon of itching, and then the reasons as to why we lose hair as we age, all in less than two pages.īryson writes about so many things here, including the beginning of forensic science microbes and proteins, and their functions and uses within the body viruses advances in medicine evolutionary changes within human anatomy how different parts of us age, and the consequences felt the myriad benefits of exercise and the wonder found within the structure of our bones. He moves seamlessly from one topic to another. These chapters are incredibly thorough there is not an element of the body which has not been explored in some way. These range from ‘The Immune System’ and ‘The Brain’ to ‘Into the Nether Regions’. The Body has been split into many chapters, each of which focuses upon a distinctive part of the human body.
It looks inward, trying to decipher what really makes a human being.
It is far more science-based than much of his work, and does not include many personal stories, something which his books tend to be built upon. The Body is something a little different to these personal geographies, though. Many of Bryson’s books are essentially travel writing, in which he writes about countries and regions which he has lived or travelled within – the United States, United Kingdom, and Africa are just three examples.
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