101 Fascinating Human Body Facts - Dundurn

101 Fascinating Human Body Facts

Available Nov 10th 2026

Description

101 facts about the human body that will surprise and amaze you.

Did you know you shed approximately six hundred thousand skin particles every hour? That yawning cools the brain? Or that the appendix plays an important role in gut health?

The human body is a marvel — one that can grow, repair itself, and last for eighty to ninety years. In 101 Fascinating Human Body Facts, Dr. Kieran Murphy and Anya Murphy explain the functions of this extraordinary machine, from how we process memories to how the liver works and from why we fart to why we can't tickle ourselves.

Contributors

Kieran Murphy

Dr. Kieran Murphy is a pioneering clinician, a renowned researcher, a revered teacher, and a prolific inventor. He is also an author, public speaker, and racing driver. He has eighty-one patents and his devices — such as the Murphy needle and Murphy cement — are used globally thousands of times a year. He lives in Toronto.

Anya Murphy

Anya Murphy is a Med Student at Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and has a Masters from Cambridge University in the history of medicine.

Book Details

Paperback
November 2026
5x7 in
200 pp
9781459757851