Life will flash before your eyes when you read The Human Body by Anthony
Smith, the companion to a BBC TV series. It’s bursting with facts, figures and
glorious pictures on the trip from egg to coffin. But hypochondriacs should skip
the description of Herbie’s 20-kilogram stomach tumour. Published by BBC Books,
£19.99, ISBN 0563383712.
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