Beneath the Skin

Buried beneath layers of flesh, our hearts pump, our lungs inflate, our kidneys filter. These organs, and others, are essential to our survival but remain largely unknown to us. In Beneath the Skin , fifteen writers each explore a different body part: Naomi Alderman unravels the intestines and our obsession with food; Thomas Lynch celebrates the womb as a miracle; AL Kennedy explores the nose's striking ability to conjure memories; and Philip Kerr traces the remarkable history of brain surgery. Moving, intimate and often unexpected, this is an awe-inspiring voyage through the mysterious landscape of our bodies.

Product details

• Authors: Alderman, Naom Alderman, Naomi Alderman, Alderman Naomi, Ne Beauman, Ned Beauman, Beauman Ned, A L et al Kennedy, A. L. Kennedy, Kennedy A. L., Kerr, Philip Kerr, Kerr Philip, Lynch, Thomas Lynch, Lynch Thomas, Chibundu Onuzo, Onuzo Chibundu, Various
• Assisted by: Thomas Lynch (Introduction), Lynch Thomas (Introduction)
• Publisher: Profile Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 04.07.2019
• EAN: 9781788160964
• ISBN: 978-1-78816-096-4
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Wellcome Collection; Wellcome Collection
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Medizin und Gesundheit: Ratgeber, Sachbuch, Medizin, allgemein, HEALTH & FITNESS / General, Science: general issues, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, Populärwissenschaftliche Werke, popular science, SCIENCE / General, Memoirs, Medizin / Allgemeines, Einführung, Lexikon, Popular medicine & health, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects