Your mind-bending brain and nifty nervous system

Packed with amazing facts and eye-grabbing images, 'Your mind-bending brain and nifty nervous system' takes a different approach to teaching readers about the brain and nervous system.

Every spread opens with an amazing science fact about the human body, for example the brain generates enough electricity on its own to power a light-bulb, then goes on to explain how scientifically this is possible. By exploring these attention-grabbing sections, readers will build up their understanding of how the brain and nervous system work.

Detailed diagrams and amazing images illustrate the lively, factual text. 'Your mind-bending brain and nifty nervous system​' looks at the structure of the brain and what the different parts of the brain are responsible for. How are memories formed? How do we learn? How does your brain control body functions? Answers to all these questions and many more can be found in this fascinating title.

Donated by Hachette Children's Group.

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Subject(s)Science, Biology
Author(s)Paul Mason
Age7-11
Published2016
Published by

Shelf reference372.354 YOU
ISN/ISBN9780750292399
Direct URLhttps://www.stem.org.uk/x9mjx

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