The Fascinating Body: How It Works
| Sheldon Margulies, M.D. |
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"At last, a simple, easy-to-understand volume on the human body and how it works....Read this book for a clear understanding of just how your body functions."— ACADIAN LIFESTYLE
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Learning about the human body can be both fun and informative with this thorough and delightful explanation of how the body works, and how to keep it working. By asking questions about everyday experiences and observations, and explaining the answers in plain English with clear illustrations, Margulies has the reader racing from question to question to discover the body's amazing functions. After each question and explanation, you'll find yourself saying, "That's interesting, I didn't know that." Just when experts bemoan how little science the lay public understands, up steps Margulies with The Fascinating Body to light the way. Regardless of what you know about the human body, you will find this book to be a treasure trove of information. If you think you already understand how the body works, read a few chapters and see if you still feel that way. The Fascinating Body will change the way you look at yourself and the way you look at others. No longer will you see just a human form. From now on, you will see the body for what it really is, the most fascinating creation on Earth. For grades 9 through 12.
About the Author
Sheldon Margulies is a board-certified practicing neurologist in Silver Spring, Maryland and a member of the American Academy of Neurology. He currently holds the rank of clinical assistant professor in the Department of Neurology at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences having been a clinical assistant professor of Neurology at Johns Hopkins University and assistant professor of Neurology at the University of Maryland and University of Alabama.
Dr. Margulies is the author of Everyday Doctoring: A New Approach to the Logic and Reasoning of Neurology and Medicine, a textbook on medical and neurologic physical diagnosis, and co-author of Learning Law, a textbook outlining legal reasoning. He has also published articles concerning the postconcussion syndrome and its causes; the medical evidence for and against the diagnosis of brain damage following mild head injuries; the Supreme Court's 1993 decision in Daubert concerning the trial court's role in excluding junk science from the courtroom; and the applicability of Daubert to the use of differential diagnosis and neuropsychological testing in proving claims of brain damage.
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