This compendium of mind-blowing facts about the human body will help you achieve mastermind status in no time.Why are modern humans larger than people who lived 500 years ago? Can people spontaneously combust? How many organs could yo...

"A marvelous, organ-by-organ journey through the body eclectic. . . Irresistible [and] impressive."—John J. Ross, Wall Street Journal The human body is the most fraught and fascinating, talked-about and taboo, unique yet u...

The irresistible, ever-curious, and always best-selling Mary Roach returns with a new adventure to the invisible realm we carry around inside."America's funniest science writer" (Washington Post) takes us down the hatch on a...