Your Head Shape Reveals Your Personality!: Science's Biggest Mistakes about the Human Body

by Christine Zuchora-Walske Narrated by Intuitive

Overview

Do your eyes send out light like headlights? Does your liver create blood? Do bumps on your head tell what's inside your brain? At one time, science supported wild notions like these! But later studies proved these ideas were nonsense. Discover science's biggest mistakes and oddest assumptions about the human body, and see how scientific thought changed over time.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

"For hundreds of years people have been trying to figure out how the human body works and how to keep it well. Because they had to rely on observations, questioning, and simple tests, sometimes they got it wrong. As methods and equipment improved, scientists discovered new facts and proved old ideas to be false. Each myth is discussed on a two-page spread; photographs and drawings illustrate the text. The writing is succinct and will keep readers interested. Captions and colorful sidebars provide additional information; highlighted words are defined in bubbles at the bottom of the page. There are free educational resources for teachers and librarians. This series is very entertaining while teaching science; it will appeal to all types of readers."—School Library Connection

School Library Journal

11/01/2014
Gr 4–6—Focusing on scientific misconceptions throughout the centuries, each compact volume reveals how scientists have debunked the erroneous claims of the past through persistence, further inquiry, and use of the scientific method. Concise narratives work well with photos and graphic images to convey the history of scientific thought while reminding readers that with advancements in science and technology, today's facts could just as easily be proven inaccurate in the future. Captions and sidebars provide additional information and context, and many entries contain highlighted words that are briefly defined at the bottom of the page. Although each volume has its merits, Your Head Shape Reveals Your Personality! stands out due in large part to the subject matter—the human body—and its gross-out potential.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940170105250
Publisher:	Lerner Publishing Group
Publication date:	01/01/2017
Series:	Science Gets It Wrong
Edition description:	Unabridged
Age Range:	8 - 11 Years

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