Curious Science of Bodily Fluids: Discover What's Floating Around Inside of You! - Paperback

by Åsmund Eikenes (Author)

Fascinating details on everyday fluids!
In The Curious Science of Bodily Fluids, readers meet, among others, a brain researcher, a urologist and a chef. They share stories and personal experiences, which together with the latest from the world of research offer startling, new knowledge about body fluids. Some of the revelations include:

• The water in the brain washes away rubbish while you sleep.
• The mucus in the cervix helps healthy sperm to reach the egg.
• Tiny drops of snot can float in the air for a full ten minutes after a strong sneeze.
• The blood of young people may contain a source of eternal life.
• And many more!

Author Biography

Åsmund Husabø Eikenes has a doctorate from the Center for Cancer Biomedicine at the University of Oslo. In 2013, he was awarded the Researchers' Association's Brain Power Award. The author of The Handbook: Everything You Want to Know About Your Hands - and a Little More, Eikenes resides in Norway.