Human Anatomy: The Beauty of Form and Function by John K. Young

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*Audio: COPYRIGHT: 24- March-2008; ISBN: 9781456105402; PUBLISHER: Recorded Books, Inc.; DURATION: 07:24:49; PARTS: 7; File Size: 213067 KB; Unabridged (Overdrive LAPL MP3)

SUMMARY/ EVALUATION:
-Selection: I found a nice coffee table book of anatomy with diagrams, and thought it would be fun to listen to a book on the subject while checking to see where everything is in the diagrams—it *was* fun.
-About: The body’s organs, bones, nerves, and systems.
-Liked: The book is well organized; it was easy to follow and understand, and held my interest.
-Disliked: Some of the information may be a wee bit out of date—not the author’s fault, of course.
Overall: It was fascinating and educational.

AUTHOR: (From Lecture 1 in the book)
John K Young Professor of Anatomy at Howard University, where he conducts research on the hypothalamus . . . . In 1998 Professor Young won the Kaiser Permanente award for excellence in teaching. He is a member of the American Association of Anatomists, the Endocrine Society, and the Society for Neuroscience.
Professor Young has published more than 40 articles in scientific journals and is the author of the books, “Hormones: Molecular Messengers” and “Cells: Amazing Forms and Functions”.

NARRATOR:
HOSTED by LJ Gancer. (From LJ Gancer’s website)
“At the risk of assuming you want to know this much about me… here’s a little bit “about me.”
For nearly three decades I have been narrating audio books. I started out volunteering at The Jewish Guild for the Blind where I recorded Jurassic Park before the film came out, among other titles. In 1994 the Library of Congress took me on as a narrator at American Foundation for the Blind where I recorded over 250 books. While working at AFB I found work with Random House, Simon & Schuster, Penguin, Recorded Books, Hachette, BBC Audio and more. To date I’ve narrated somewhere around 500 titles; I’ve lost count.
I’ve won three Audie Awards for non-fiction, a Scourby Award from AFB and many Earphones from Audio File magazine.
Often I work as an auctioneer helping to raise money for various charitable organizations in NYC. The work is a lot of fun and I’ve developed some wonderful long-standing relationships due to that activity.
When not trying to make a buck I stay pretty busy with keeping body and soul together in Manhattan where I’m a dad, a husband and a dog owner, not always in that order. I’m an avid cyclist, swimmer, amateur guitarist and singer, theatre go-er, and lover of well-told humorous jokes.
I’m a sap for old movies, old T-shirts, old friendships and leaving the old Christmas lights out on the Juliette balcony well into the spring.
There are other things I could say “About Me” but I’ll leave that for if and when we ever sit down over a cup of joe or a pint of Guinness where I can learn “About You.”

NARRATED by John K Young. (see bio under Author.)

GENRE: Nonfiction; Science; Medicine

SUBJECTS: (Table of Contents)
Anatomy and the Axial Skeleton; Bones and Muscles of the Arms and Hands; Bones and Muscles of the Legs and Feet; The Cardiovascular System; Lymphatic Vessels and Organs of the Immune System; Spinal Cord and Brain; Eye and Ear; Upper Digestive System; Lower Digestive System; Exocrine and Endocrine Glands; Respiratory System; Urinary System; The Male Reproductive System; The Female Reproductive System; (other subjects include various disorders of these systems)

RATING:
5 stars

STARTED READING – FINISHED READING
4/10/23 to 4/23/23 ( )