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The Modern Scholar

By: Professor John K. Young
Narrated by: Professor John K. Young
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The structures that lie beneath our skin represent a remarkable and beautiful assortment of biological mechanisms that are essential for our lives. However, we often take these structures for granted.

In these fourteen fascinating lectures from Howard University's Professor John K. Young, a basic overview of the human body, its physical features, biological systems, and general functioning will be presented for the benefit of anyone from budding medical students to curious laymen.

In Young's lectures, he shares the knowledge he has gained during his 30-year tenure as a teacher as he leads his audience on an unforgettable journey through the wonders of the human body.

©2008 John K. Young (P)2008 Recorded Books, LLC

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Fantastic and informative

This book ended too soon. I loved learning the basic about how the body works. It was well organized by body part and made sense to a history major such as myself. There is a 73 page coursebook that comes as a PDF.

The author is funny in a dorky way and he had funny little jokes that he he enjoyed immensely.)

I would buy Part 2, 3, 4, etc or anything by this author.

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Well organized!

The author and read surely has a talent for not only human anatomy but teaching as well. A must listen for anyone who is lucky enough to be in possession of one of these remarkable machines known as the human body!

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Fascinating from head to toe.

A superb read covering the basics of our body in an easy to follow format. Worth listening to twice to fully grasp some of the concepts. Professor Young is an engaging speaker.

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A good primer of human anatomy and some physiology with concommitant implications for medicine. Very accessible to the layperson.

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Great for students

This course helped me with my Paramedic studies. Highly recommend to help you comprehend the anatomy and physiology lectures in class.

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Better than I could have hoped for

This author is definitely a gifted teacher and I love that he was also the narrator. This book brought to life a topic that I thought would be impossible to leach via audio.

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Fantastic teacher

I love Dr. Young. I've listened to both this course and his lecture series on cells and I'm planning on revisiting both of them again many times. He is very easy to listen to and you feel like you're becoming friends with him as the lectures go on. Highly recommend.

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A good general overview

Excellent material, nicely researched. The lecture style seemed to be a bit edgy, or was it just me?

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very informative. like listening to a father.

I like the deseases that are interesting to talk about. it gives a good discussion about each symptoms. just the terms interested me.

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Clear delivery and knowledgeable presentation.

I needed to review the subject: Human Anatomy, for a class and found this book, which was a very helpful book.

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