The interview has been edited for length and clarity. He spoke with contributor Stephanie Kanowitz about his reasons for writing the book and what he learned. Having already covered topics such as nature, homes and linguistics, Bryson takes on life, death and everything in between. Bill Bryson once again proves himself to be an incomparable companion as he guides us through the human body - how it functions, its remarkable ability to heal. I learned a lot of basic biology, but also met many interesting characters who influenced medical science. Our bodies are the best technology we’ve ever taken for granted, according to Bill Bryson’s 20th book, “The Body: A Guide for Occupants” ($30, Doubleday), which will be released Oct. Thu 02.30 EDT Last modified on Thu 02.31 EDT Bryson’s The Body is a directory of such wonders, a tour of the minuscule it aims to do for the human body what his A Short. Fascinating review of how your body functions I enjoyed this very much. The surprise is not that there’s so much to understand about the body but that we understand as much as we do. There’s 10 billion miles of DNA inside you. Bill Bryson is beloved for his travel writing, but his new book takes us not to Australia or to Europe or to Iowa, but on a journey inside our own bodies. I don’t think I’ve ever come across a fact that blew me away more than that - that there’s enough of me or you or anyone else to stretch to Pluto. The single most astounding thing I found was that if you took all your DNA and formed it into a single fine strand, it would stretch to Pluto.
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