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Spare Parts: In Praise of Your Appendix and Other Unappreciated Organs

By Carol Ann Rinzler

Book information

Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Year
2017
ISBN
151071250X, 9781510712508
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
1 MB (1359827 bytes)
Pages
288\0
Time added
2017-06-25 17:56:43
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Description

Charles Darwin considered them extraneous, but this witty book sheds moderns scientific light on the Darwin Six --appendix, tailbone, "third eyelid," wisdom teeth, external ear muscles, body hair -- once considered useless, now  known to be both valuable and interesting, plus a chapter on the true "dispensables," parts with which we can indeed dispense. Along the way, best-selling author Rinzler weaves in Darwin's brilliant and ground-breaking theories of evolution and shares insights into what the human body may look like millennia from now.

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