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National Geographic - The Incredible Human Body | 
 enlarge | Directors: Alexander Grasshoff, Aram Boyajian, Bert Haanstra, David Seltzer, Jack Kaufman
Actor: Burgess Meredith
Studio: National Geographic Video
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 12849
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 60
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.6 x 0.5
MPN: WARDG75024D
ISBN: 0792285743
UPC: 727994750246
EAN: 9780792285748
ASIN: B000067J3L
Theatrical Release Date: 2002
Release Date: July 16, 2002
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Product Description
Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 05/24/2005 Run time: 60 minutes Rating: Nr
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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
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 Great Human Interest Stories July 13, 2007
I purchased this DVD for my graduate class. They found it very enjoyable (I noticed they leaned forward as it played). We focused on the infertile couple, as this was related to the course content. Watching them we felt as if we were in the room with them - throughout their nail-biting experience. My only objection was having to skip around throughout the DVD to complete their story - as each person's medical issue was "sprinkled in" throughout the DVD. The picture was clear and the narration struck a good balance between science and enthusiasm for the work the people did. I'd highly recommend the DVD to any age group from high school on up.
Fascinating May 4, 2006
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
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 January 20, 2006
18 out of 26 found this review helpful
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.
 Coud have been more Informative March 26, 2005
12 out of 17 found this review helpful
This movie could have been more informative had it gone deep into more details than the Examples. This video discusses some different cases of different individuals like a Woman in need of conception 14 years after her marriage, a teacher suffering from a brain tumor and a basket ball player. The subject is mainly highlighted through these cases and thus this movie does not cover a very wide range of human body and mind and infact is restricted to some cases only. Not for the People who want to know more and more about the human body and brain.
The Best Geographic Video I've Seen November 22, 2002
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
I gotta say that this is the best National Geographic video I've seen and I have a whole bunch on my video shelf. The animation is fantastic. I'll remember the story of the school teacher and his brain tumor as long as I live. I also liked seeing behind this scenes of thast basketball team as it was something I hadn't seen before. I highly reccommend this video.
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