Your Expert Guide: The Human Body for Young Scientists

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From top experts in biology education comes this definitive guide to the human body, published in partnership with the Royal Society of Biology.

In Your Expert Guide: The Human Body, discover the many systems and surprising skills of the human body, from your astounding brain at the very top of your body, to the tiny bones in your feet built for walking. Explore the powerful organs and the jobs they do to get a clear picture of how your body works, and how you can look after it.

Written by Tom Jackson and Liam Cini-O'Dwyer and published in partnership with The Royal Society of Biology. With immersive artwork by Ola Szpunar, biology comes alive for curious readers aged 8+.

Books in the Your Expert Guide series:

With Royal Society of Chemistry: The Periodic Table / Chemistry for Young Scientists

With Royal Society of Biology: The Human Body / Biology for Young Scientists

With Institute of Physics: The Universe / Physics for Young Scientists

Author Bio

Tom Jackson (Author)

Tom Jackson has written more than 80 books and contributed to hundreds more. His specialties are natural history, technology and all things scientific. Tom spends his days finding fun ways of communicating facts, new and old, to all age groups and reading abilities. Tom lives in Bristol, England, with his wife and three children. He studied zoology at Bristol University and has had spells working at zoos. Tom has also worked as a conservationist, which saw him planting trees in Somerset, surveying Vietnamese jungle and rescuing wildlife from drought-ridden Zimbabwe. Writing has also taken him to the Galapagos Islands, Amazon rainforest, coral reefs of Indonesia and Sahara Desert. Nowadays, he can be found mainly in the attic.

Liam Cini-O'Dwyer (Author)

Liam's career has included leadership positions in several secondary schools before moving into academia. He continues to teach part-time at a school in Westminster. Liam has been involved in developing and delivering professional development materials with a focus on best practices in teaching and learning. Liam joined King's College London in 2019, completing a Master's in STEM Education before being awarded a Rosalind Driver studentship to do a PhD. He also lectures on the science education PGCE course at King's.

Ola Szpunar (Illustrator)

Ola Szpunar is an illustrator based in Gdansk, Poland. In addition to graduating with master's degree from Art Academy in Gdansk, she attended Karel de Grote University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Antwerp and studied book design in Warsaw, Poland. Ola has run an independent illustration studio since 2017, focusing on children's books, editorial illustrations and textile design. Ola's work is colourful, full of light, detailed and atmospheric. Ola also makes playful and delicate ceramics under her brand, Clai.