July 2009
Beginner
306 pages
8h 37m
English
Content preview from Your Body: The Missing Manual
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The Missing Credits
About the Author
Matthew MacDonald is a science and technology writer with well over a dozen books to his name. He’s also the author of Your Brain: The Missing Manual, a quirky exploration into the odd and wondrous world of your squishy gray matter. In a dimly remembered past life, he studied English literature and theoretical physics.
About the Creative Team
Peter McKie(editor) is an editor at Missing Manuals. During the course of editing this book, he rejoined his gym, changed his eating habits, and started walking rather than riding (to the dismay of local cabbies, who have kids to put through college). He was graduated from Boston University’s School of Journalism and lives in New York City, where he works and researches the history of old houses and, every once in a while, sneaks into abandoned buildings. Email:pmckie@gmail.com.
Nellie McKesson (production editor) lives in Brighton, Mass., where she spends her spare time (between working full time at O’Reilly and studying Graphic Design at MassArt) making t-shirts for friends (http://mattsaunders-bynellie.etsy.com). While working on this book, she took the plunge and went no-poo(it’s probably not what you think: http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Go-No-Poo/). Email: nellie@oreilly.com.
Patricia Clewell (copy editor) lives in St. Louis, Missouri, where she works, makes mosaic art, and rides too many roller coasters ...
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