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What makes your body work? Is it all in your mind? Sort of! Take a
tour of the human body from head to toes and everything in between.
This latest instalment in the Brainiac’s series is an accessible,
fun and inclusive introduction to the human body. Full of funky
facts and astounding activities, readers will discover all there is
to know about the body and the brilliant brain that makes it all
work. Explore what happens to the food we eat, how medicines can
fool us into making us feel better, as well as how and why we
dream, and more! Aimed at curious children who want to know how
their body works and how their brain keeps it running, The
Brainiac’s Book of the Body and Brain answers need-to-know and
quirky questions about the bodies we live in.
Published as part of Liverpool Biennial 2016, The Two-Sided Lake
brings together a wide range of contributors to explore the idea of
the 'episode' in film, literature and computation. The book
reflects the on multiple ways that stories can be told, and how
thinking differently about space and time can open up new
conversations about the past, the present, race, migration, trauma
- and exhibition-making. Including texts by Zian Chen (TW), Mark Z
Danielewski (US), Denise Ferreira da Silva (BR), Matthew Garrett
(US) Xiaolu Guo (CN), Ranjit Hoskote (IN), Joasia Krysa (PL), Lars
Bang Larsen (DK), Francesco Manacorda (IT), Andrew Pickering (UK),
Denise Riley (UK), Will Slocombe (UK), Juliana Spahr/C.O. Grossman
(US) and Jocelyn Penny Small (US) alongside contributions by all of
Liverpool Biennial 2016's artists, The Two-Sided Lake is the
essential companion to the UK's largest contemporary art festival.
Quirky stories, interactive activities and off-the-wall
infographics serve to answer young brainiacs' urgent questions
about the climate and weather. What's the difference between the
climate and weather? How do we know global warming is real? The
answers to these and many more pressing questions are explored in
this book through memorable stories, infographic data dumps, and by
engineering a solar oven from a pizza box, among other hands-on
activities. Aimed at young brainiacs who want to know how many cow
farts make up the Earth's atmosphere, and how to whip up a homemade
storm.
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