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"A fascinating, lyrical book...The way he thinks about the body and medicine ... is extraordinary!"
-Mary Roach, author of Stiff, Fuzz, Bonk and Gulp The Unseen Body is a journey through the human body and across the globe that weaves together medical stories about our insides with a unique perspective on life, culture and the natural world. This book is a one-of-a-kind educational odyssey that navigates our insides like an explorer discovering a new world, all while answering such offbeat questions as why urine is the most fascinating bodily fluid, why the throat is so foolishly designed, and why lungs are illegal to sell as human food in the US. This book makes a great gift for a medical student, nursing student, or anyone else training to be a healthcare professional. |
More praise for the Unseen Body
"Reisman’s passion and inquisitiveness are engaging even when topics turn to feces and cadavers.... An engaging book likely to pique the curiosity of readers interested in a wide range of medical conditions or naturalistic medicine."
―Library Journal
"A magnificent travelogue through the human body by a truly intrepid explorer. A genuine 'must' for anyone who is even remotely curious about their own body and how it works."
―Professor Sue Black, Written in Bone and All that Remains
"A fascinating look at the human body and our inner workings"
- John Dankosky, Science Friday
"Quirky, never-dull popular science... even readers familiar with college biology will enjoy the experience."
―Kirkus Reviews
"Physician and naturalist Reisman offers a 'behind-the-scenes look at life itself' via an odyssey through the human body. Accompanied by stories from his experience practicing medicine around the world.... deep curiosity driv[es] his narrative."
―Publishers Weekly
“An elegant, elegiac, and deeply enjoyable meander through human anatomy by way of brain-tanned buckskin, blood as the last, salty remnant of life’s oceanic origins, and the World Testicle Cooking Championships. The images Reisman conjures will linger long after you’ve devoured his delightful prose.”
―Nicola Twilley, coauthor of Until Proven Safe and cohost of Gastropod
“Terrific, memorable, original, and full of information that informs one’s understanding not only of the body but also of what has stopped us from knowing more. There is palpable joy at learning in Reisman’s writing, and readers will know him as an individual whose humility and empathy are as impressive as his adventurous, travel-hungry spirit.”
―Kenneth S. Brecher, cultural anthropologist and author of Too Sad to Sing
“Through his acute and extensive observations of the seen world of nature and human nature, Reisman illuminates the analogous workings of our unseen bodies. An Alexander von Humboldt of the human body, Reisman’s comparisons give us an ingenious perspective from which to understand the ways our internal organs function alone and together. I highly recommend this book to everyone interested in understanding
and appreciating the marvels of the human body.”
―Warren Zapol, M.D., professor of anesthesiology at Harvard Medical School, Antarctic researcher, and inventor
"A remarkable travel narrative that documents the author’s trip through a seemingly familiar place, the human body, and with a blend of science and personal experience renders that place both strange and fascinating, so much so that the reader will feel not only delighted, but also proud to be a lifelong inhabitant of it.”
―Lawrence Millman, award-winning author of Fungipedia
"If you are fascinated by the human body and how it works, or you are thinking about studying medicine, or you are just a curious person you will find this book a joy to read . . . This is a great and easy read which I heartily (excuse the pun) recommend."
―Alex Rodgers, author of The Deep
"Reisman’s passion and inquisitiveness are engaging even when topics turn to feces and cadavers.... An engaging book likely to pique the curiosity of readers interested in a wide range of medical conditions or naturalistic medicine."
―Library Journal
"A magnificent travelogue through the human body by a truly intrepid explorer. A genuine 'must' for anyone who is even remotely curious about their own body and how it works."
―Professor Sue Black, Written in Bone and All that Remains
"A fascinating look at the human body and our inner workings"
- John Dankosky, Science Friday
"Quirky, never-dull popular science... even readers familiar with college biology will enjoy the experience."
―Kirkus Reviews
"Physician and naturalist Reisman offers a 'behind-the-scenes look at life itself' via an odyssey through the human body. Accompanied by stories from his experience practicing medicine around the world.... deep curiosity driv[es] his narrative."
―Publishers Weekly
“An elegant, elegiac, and deeply enjoyable meander through human anatomy by way of brain-tanned buckskin, blood as the last, salty remnant of life’s oceanic origins, and the World Testicle Cooking Championships. The images Reisman conjures will linger long after you’ve devoured his delightful prose.”
―Nicola Twilley, coauthor of Until Proven Safe and cohost of Gastropod
“Terrific, memorable, original, and full of information that informs one’s understanding not only of the body but also of what has stopped us from knowing more. There is palpable joy at learning in Reisman’s writing, and readers will know him as an individual whose humility and empathy are as impressive as his adventurous, travel-hungry spirit.”
―Kenneth S. Brecher, cultural anthropologist and author of Too Sad to Sing
“Through his acute and extensive observations of the seen world of nature and human nature, Reisman illuminates the analogous workings of our unseen bodies. An Alexander von Humboldt of the human body, Reisman’s comparisons give us an ingenious perspective from which to understand the ways our internal organs function alone and together. I highly recommend this book to everyone interested in understanding
and appreciating the marvels of the human body.”
―Warren Zapol, M.D., professor of anesthesiology at Harvard Medical School, Antarctic researcher, and inventor
"A remarkable travel narrative that documents the author’s trip through a seemingly familiar place, the human body, and with a blend of science and personal experience renders that place both strange and fascinating, so much so that the reader will feel not only delighted, but also proud to be a lifelong inhabitant of it.”
―Lawrence Millman, award-winning author of Fungipedia
"If you are fascinated by the human body and how it works, or you are thinking about studying medicine, or you are just a curious person you will find this book a joy to read . . . This is a great and easy read which I heartily (excuse the pun) recommend."
―Alex Rodgers, author of The Deep
