Product Description

The Incredible Human Body explores the enigmatic human body, showcasing its abilities -- and its potential -- by using revolutionary, cutting-edge imaging systems and the latest advances in science and technology to go inside the bodies of real people, right down to their stem cells. Following a couple trying to conceive, a professional athlete at the top of his game, and a man with a brain tumor, The Incredible Human Body shares in the personal stories of four extraordinary groups of people and explores the body from the inside out as never before.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #25611 in DVD
• Brand: Warner Brothers
• Released on: 2002-07-16
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: 1.00 pounds
• Running time: 60 minutes

Features

• The Incredible Human Body explores the enigmatic human body, showcasing its abilities - and its potential - by using revolutionary, cutting-edge imaging systems and the latest advances in science and technology to go inside the bodies of real people, right down to their stem cells. Following a couple trying to conceive, a professional athlete at the top of his game, and a man with a brain tumor, T

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In its usual engrossing fashion, National Geographic presents The 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 Body explores how the brain and body interact to not only function, but adapt and learn. Narrated by actress Kate Burton, The Incredible Human Body is a fascinating lesson in mind-body interaction. --Dana Van Nest

From the Back Cover
Cutting-edge medical technology and riveting, life-or-death personal dramas combine in this unprecedented, emotionally compelling exploration of THE INCREDIBLE HUMAN BODY. Marvel at the revolutionary imaging system used to guide a surgeon's scalpel in a delicate brain-tumor operation. Witness a childless couple's fight to beat the odds and create a new life--with a micro-technological assist. See how London cabbies are sending modern brain development theories on an unexpected detour. An astonishing journey inside bodies of real people, right down to their stem cells, this is the amazing inside story of the human machine as you've never seen it before!

Customer Reviews

Below the average
I thought this DVD slightly below an average National Geographic video once there is more personal dramas than scienfic information. However I was moved by the story of a teacher with a brain tumor and his family anxiety.

Fascinating
This was well documented, informative, amazing, and I would recommend getting off of the fence and pulling the trigger, if you are already moving forward, rest easy, you made a wise decision. Very enjoyable.

Brain surgery and baby making
The current "spotlight review" on this site complains that this video doesn't cover a wide range. Well, why don't you direct the next one and include everything that we know about the human body, all in one hour. Just how much of a range do you want to cover in 55 minutes. It's a silly complaint.

We actually get to see open brain surgery being done on a conscious patient. That's not the kind of thing I see every day. I have only done three or four brain surgeries on conscious patients. How about you?

We get to see a couple trying to have a baby, going for in vitro fertilization, and we see what that actually means. We see the little sperm cells moving around in the microscope slide.

We see the smile on the lady's face when she finds out that she is pregnant with twins. We find out why multiple births are so common with this procedure - because they implant multiple fertilized eggs into the woman in hopes that at least one of them will result in pregnancy. I didn't know that. And she gets to decide how many, the choices generally being 2 or 3 apparently.

We see the wife of the man who is undergoing brain surgery, and we live the experience with her as well as her husband. We even meet their kids, the little girl who was told she may have to teach her daddy to read. She seemed very proud that she could help.

Somebody is criticizing this video? What an ingrate. Pearls before ingrates. Some other connoisseur on this site has judged that he has seen superior films, and therefore this one deserves nothing but criticism. What are you, nuts? Get over yourself.