Adam's Navel: A Natural and Cultural History of the Human Body
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In this title Michael Sims simultaneously explores the natural history of the body and the cultural history that records our response to it. Divided into sections corresponding with various body parts, this almanac explores every aspect of thehuman form - from the largest organ (the skin) to the evolutionary reasoning behind sexually attractive body parts - witness the cult of aprodite kalipygos ("the goddess with the beautiful buttocks").
Author: Michael Sims
Format: Hardback, 368 pages, 140mm x 207mm, 484 g
Published: 2003, Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom
Genre: Popular Science
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In this title Michael Sims simultaneously explores the natural history of the body and the cultural history that records our response to it. Divided into sections corresponding with various body parts, this almanac explores every aspect of thehuman form - from the largest organ (the skin) to the evolutionary reasoning behind sexually attractive body parts - witness the cult of aprodite kalipygos ("the goddess with the beautiful buttocks").
Adam's Navel: A Natural and Cultural History of the Human Body