The Compass In Your Nose and Other Astonishing Facts About Humans

by Marc McCutcheon

Gathers little known facts about the human body and discusses sleep, the senses, conception, infancy and mortality

Genres: Nonfiction, Reference, Science

192 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1989

Reviews

[Sara Ondricek · Rating 4 out of 5]

Outdated, but still interesting.

[Tracey · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book had a lot of interesting facts in it. The first few chapters are based on dated material since the book was published in 1989. However, the rest of the book is NOT dated. Facts about the human body - hearing, seeing, tasting, life spans compared to generations, animals, countries, centuries past and more hooked me into reading it in a day!

[LC · Rating 1 out of 5]

So, as another reviewer said, it’s really outdated. But beyond that, the studies mentioned aren’t cited in any meaningful way. I don’t believe this book would ever be published today because it borders on mysongynistic. Some factoids were interesting but not enough to carry the book. I don’t feel like there is enough here to even donate the book so into the recycle bin it goes.

[Loraine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Outdated, but still lots of fun trivia.

[Kathy · Rating 2 out of 5]

lots of info worth reading.