If you've ever had a question about your body (maybe one you're afraid to ask?), this book is for you. Things like why we yawn, why skin wrinkles after a bath, or even whether it's possible to keep a severed head alive: The Odd Body explains these and many other silly, weird, bizarre, and fascinating body mysteries. Dr. Stephen Juan entertains and rivets readers with his detailed answers.Reading The Odd Body is like having your doctor patiently answer all your ran...

Dr. Juan is that rarest of rarities, a scholar with a sense of humor. He fearlessly tours the brain's mysterious corridors, discussing such wide-ranging topics as phobias, compulsive water drinking, serial killers, the secrets of hypnotism, and the man who thought he was a cat. You will find this book absolutely engrossing.Do kleptomaniacs have a legitimate excuse to steal? Can excessive TV watching physically "shape" a child's growing brain?These answers and scor...

Did you ever wonder if you could really die laughing? A Danish doctor did when his heartbeat accelerated from a normal 60 bpm to over 250 while watching A Fish Called Wanda! With an eye for the intriguing and bizarre, Stephen Juan has assembled a corpus of body facts and exposed some fallacies. From top to bottom, inside to out and everywhere in between the Essential Odd Body gives you all of the facts about your odd body.

Did you ever wonder if you could really die laughing? A Danish doctor did when his heartbeat accelerated from a normal 60 bpm to over 250 while watching A Fish Called Wanda! With an eye for the intriguing and bizarre, Stephen Juan has assembled a corpus of body facts and exposed some fallacies. From top to bottom, inside to out and everywhere in between the Essential Odd Body gives you all of the facts about your odd body.

The mysteries of our weird bodies explained.Body and behaviour mysteries explained. Can kissing make you live longer, even help prevent a food allergy? Does reading about yawning make you yawn? Can picking your nose kill you? Will garlic breath make you sexy? And why do men and women 
doodle differently? In the latest book from Dr Stephen Juan - Australia's award-winning WIZARD OF ODD - you'll find curious mysteries and strange facts about our body and behaviour. From thunder headac...

The mysteries of our weird bodies explained.Body and behaviour mysteries explained. Can kissing make you live longer, even help prevent a food allergy? Does reading about yawning make you yawn? Can picking your nose kill you? Will garlic breath make you sexy? And why do men and women 
doodle differently? In the latest book from Dr Stephen Juan - Australia's award-winning WIZARD OF ODD - you'll find curious mysteries and strange facts about our body and behaviour. From thunder headac...

Mysteries of our weird and wonderful bodies explained. Always informative and entertaining, Dr Stephen Juan has assembled a huge collection of body facts, and some fallacies. With an eye for the intriguing and bizarre, from top to bottom, from your inside out, this book gives you the bare facts about your odd body.

The next time you get sick, consider this before picking up the aspirin: your body may be doing exactly what it's supposed to. In this ground-breaking book, two pioneers of the science of Darwinian medicine argue that illness as well as the factors that predispose us toward it are subject to the same laws of natural selection that otherwise make our bodies such miracles of design. Among the concerns they raise:When may a fever be beneficial?Why do pregnant women get morning ...

What led scientists to have acrobats copulate inside an MRI machine? Why do wordless patterns of sound send shivers down our spines and tickle ancient parts of our brains? How did a chemist's quest to create a drug to ease the pain of childbirth result in the creation of LSD? And did it change our understanding of the brain forever?From tortoiseshell condoms to superstar athletes on hallucinogens, science writer Zoe Cormier dissects these and other burning questions, amplifying them...

"Ridley leaps from chromosome to chromosome in a handy summation of our ever increasing understanding of the roles that genes play in disease, behavior, sexual differences, and even intelligence. . . . . He addresses not only the ethical quandaries faced by contemporary scientists but the reductionist danger in equating inheritability with inevitability." — The New YorkerThe genome's been mapped. But what does it mean? Matt Ridley’...

Fact: Chocolate contains the alkaloid theobromine, which in high doses can be toxic to humans, and in even small amounts can kill dogs, parrots, horses, and cats.This means that despite its name, the Kit-Kat candy bar is not a recommended snack for your kitty-cat. I wonder how many cats have died because of this confusion.Fact: The most germ-laden place on your toilet isn't the seat or even the bowl--it's the handle.The s...

Dementia is a disease in which brain tissue degenerates to the extent of loss of memory and other intellectual abilities serious enough to interfere with daily life.In Dementia there is a severe and progressive decline in mental function.It affects a person's ability to:think, remember and reasonlearn new information and skillssolve problems and make judgementWhat is the cause of Dementia?Th...