Edited by Colin Blakemore and Sheila Jennett
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Who is not interested in how the body works: how it grows, develops, and ages; how it goes wrong; how it has inspired artists and been the focus of ceremony and ritual? The extraordinary human body has been one of the great subjects of fascination and enquiry over the centuries. The Oxford Companion to the Body presents many of the results of this curiosity from a wide variety of viewpoints, including those of writers, life scientists, historians, philosophers, health professionals, artists, psychologists, anthropologists, theologians, and many others.
"...this book is a hugely good read ... This volume is perfect for browsing, simultaneously comprehensive and eclectic, and great fun!" - British Medical Journal
Colin Blakemore is Professor of Physiology at the University of Oxford, and Director of the McDonnell-Pew Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Oxford. He is a past president of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.
Sheila Jennett is Emeritus Professor at the University of Glasgow, where she was head of the Department of Physiology.
ISBN: 019852403X
Print edition publication date: 2001
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