The Body is the fourth book we have read by Bill Bryson and it is similar in style to A Short History of Nearly Everything. Instead of being about nearly everything about us, the body attempts to cover nearly everything within us. Bryson covers all of our major body parts, explains our internal bodily systems, guts, and microbes, explains how the body functions, and describes the threats of disease, treatment, aging, and death. Bryson again takes on an extremely complex and grand topic and explains it in a way that we can all comprehend...at least on some level.
The insight concerning infectious diseases is particularly timely and the specific information on prostate cancer hit close to home. The book ends by reminding us all of our imminent demise, however Bryson again brings to our attention the wonder of our existence.
