National Geographic - The Incredible Human Body
In its usual engrossing fashion, National Geographic presentsThe Incredible Human Body. Starting with the science of conception, this special takes you from one couple's journey through in-vitro fertilization to the removal of a man's brain tumor (while he is awake!) to the amazing memory of London cab drivers. Our body consists of 206 bones, 650 muscles, and a heart that will beat three billion times in our lifetime. How and why does our body develop the way it does? DNA expert J. Craig Venter says, "It's just like solving a jigsaw puzzle, only the jigsaw puzzle in our case has 27 million pieces [and] it came in a very big box and there was no picture on the cover."The Incredible Human Bodyexplores how the brain and body interact to not only function, but adapt and learn. Narrated by actress Kate Burton,The Incredible Human Bodyis a fascinating lesson in mind-body interaction.--Dana Van Nest