A comprehensive guide to the human body which provides anatomical and physiological information on each system and includes diagrams, photographs, illustrations, fact boxes, special topic sidebars, glossaries, brief biographies of significant figures, a time line of medical discoveries, and more.

Publisher's description: Renowned scientist and author Steve Jones reveals the mysteries of maleness and arrives at a startling conclusion: men are actually the second sex. Beginning with what men consider the "prince of chromosomes" -- Y -- Jones delves into the latest research on what makes a man. He explores hormones, hair loss, and the hydraulics of erections. We learn that estrogen, the so-called female hormone, is critical in male puberty and...