
Scientists have been trying to figure out what would it take to create a human right from scratch. Moreover, it is a journey that each and everyone should embark on to understand their bodies better. It tells us why it is tough to manage a diet, and what role millions of microbes, living on and inside us, play.

It helps discover more about the body, right from the various organs such as the heart and brain, down to the hormones that play a vital role in regulating emotions and the sex drive, how sleep plays an ambiguous, role in keeping one healthy. The Body: A Guide for Occupants (2019), by Bill Bryson is an entertaining account of facts that try to explain the functioning of the human body. Even scientists and doctors, who devote their lives to studying it, find it profoundly strange, complex, and even baffling at times. From the way it functions as a whole, to the individual parts of the body, we never stop to think and consider how it works.
