A unique view of the human body in stunning close-up.

Look inside the marvellous human machine and discover how it works, including four incredible pop-up scenes. Look closely at the inner workings that drive the amazing human body. Discover how we think at lightning speed, how blood cells fight disease, how the nose detects 10,000 different smells and how the heart beats billions of times throughout our lives.

In this text the microscopic camera focuses on the human body. It takes the reader on a scarily in-depth journey across the cracks and crevices of the skin, into the cavernous mouth and deep down inside the churning stomach and includes a look at the creatures which live on the body.

Examines the organs and systems of the human body and how they work.

Our bodies are amazing. The microscopic elements of the human body are profoundly fascinating – and also beautiful. We unearth some of the most wonderful microscopic images of the human body ever created, now made possible by technology. We get to see the wonder of our brains, our cells, our veins, our hormones, even our diseases and the medicines to treat us. The images are as beautiful as any art. This stunning collection of images can be enjoyed purely as a visual voyage but also as a way to understand more of the science behind the image. Whether it's the work of a white blood cell, the power of human hormones, the tiny hairs on our arms, the movement of human cancer cells, the jagged edges of caffeine crystals, or the wonderful shapes of nerve cells, the powerful images will draw you into discovering more about the human body. Each image will include the scale of the photography as well as the scientific details in layman's terms.

Integrating words and pictures, this is a family reference book on the human body structured so that the individual themes of each spread make up a complete visual story and a self-contained module. On every spread there is a specially shot colour photograph of objects shown in real-life close-up d