September 2013
Intermediate to advanced
268 pages
7h 4m
English
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Chapter 11. Biology
Exploring an Arm and Ankle Model
Figure 11-1. Articulating model of a joint
Tinkering with biology may bring to mind the unpleasantness of Dr. Frankenstein, cloning, or plastic surgery. But in the end, to learn the way things work, you do need to tinker with them, and this is certainly true with our own bodies. Throughout history, people have had to go great lengths to get permission or get around laws and tinker with dead people. To the extent that they were able to do this tinkering, real knowledge about body systems was slowly amassed.
Today you can easily leave your dead body to science, and in many cases it will be dissected ...