The Essential Odd Body
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Essential Odd Body
By (Author) Stephen Juan
HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
30th November 2005
Australia
Classifications
Physical Properties
Paperback
558
Width 127mm, Height 198mm, Spine 30mm
458g
Description
Did you ever wonder if you could really die laughing A Danish doctor did when his heartbeat accelerated from a normal 60 bpm to over 250 while watching A Fish Called Wanda! With an eye for the intriguing and bizarre, Stephen Juan has assembled a corpus of body facts and exposed some fallacies. From top to bottom, inside to out and everywhere in between the Essential Odd Body gives you all of the facts about your odd body.
Author Bio
Dr Stephen Juan is an anthropologist and educator who is best known for his award-winning newspaper and magazine articles and for his TV and radio presentations. Dr Juan grew up in California and for more than 30 years has taught at the University of Sydney where he is the Ashley Montagu Fellow in the Faculty of Education and Social Work. This is the seventh book he has written published by HarperCollins Australia.
