The Human Body

by Jonathan Miller, David Pelham, Jeremy Cox

Discover for yourself what happens inside your body. By operating the scale models employed in this unique book you can make a heart beat, lungs breathe and muscles contract. The three-dimensional and movable illustrations enable you to experience the mechanisms by which you think, see, hear, move and stay alive. You will see as never before the workings of the human body.

Genres: Reference, Science, Nonfiction, Health, Childrens

16 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1983

About the author

Sir Jonathan Wolfe Miller CBE was a British theatre and opera director, author, television presenter, humorist and sculptor. Trained as a physician in the late 1950s, he first came to prominence in the 1960s with his role in the comedy review Beyond the Fringe with fellow writers and performers Peter Cook, Dudley Moore and Alan Bennett. Despite having seen few operas and not knowing how to read music, he began stage-directing them in the 1970s and became one of the world's leading opera directors with several classic productions to his credit. His best-known production is probably his 1982 "Mafia"-styled Rigoletto set in 1950s Little Italy, Manhattan. He was also a well-known television personality and familiar public intellectual in the UK and US.

Reviews

[Lois Primeau · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book for children to see "inside" the human body. My 6 yr-old grandson loved it. I do, too!

[Douglas Summers-Stay · Rating 5 out of 5]

A terrific pop-up, the best one I've bought this year. I like the layered detail of the anatomical models. The blood-flow through the 3D-heart is a nice action mechanism.
I'm thinking of getting The Pop Up Book of Ships or Leonardo DaVinci's Inventions.
This is the fourth pop-up I have that was featured at the Smithsonian show. The older ones are really hard to find.

[Kevin · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a short pop-up book of the human anatomy. I absolutely loved this book as a child - I received it for Christmas from my grandparents, and I poured over the pictures and text night after night. I still have this book today.

[Alaina Sloo · Rating 5 out of 5]

The human body is a great pop-up subject and this is the best human body pop-up book I've seen. Lots of fun for curious kids and adults.

[Brianna · Rating 5 out of 5]

A short introduction to anatomy, nothing can beat the pop-ups and moving parts in this thoughtfully and artfully constructed book.

[Carolee · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of the kids' favourite pop-up books. It even has moving parts.