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Steve Parker

Born

in Warrington, Lancashire, England, The United Kingdom

December 07, 1952

Website

http://www.steveparker.co.uk/

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Steve Parker is a British science writer known for producing hundreds of children's and adult nonfiction books covering zoology, medicine, evolution, and natural history. Educated at the University of Wales, Bangor, where he earned first class honours in zoology, he later worked at the Natural History Museum and held editorial positions at Dorling Kindersley before becoming a freelance author during the late 1980s. Parker contributed early titles to the acclaimed Eyewitness series and later wrote award-winning books including Science Crazy, Fizzing Physics, The Human Body Book, and Kill or Cure. He has also edited major collaborative works on evolution and medicine, regularly visits schools and libraries, and serves as a Senior Scientific F ...more

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	The Human Body Book: An Illustrated Guide to Its Structure, Function and Disorders 4.35 avg rating — 588 ratings — published 1993 — 100 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thrown Under the Bus (Paterson & Clocks #10) 4.54 avg rating — 540 ratings — published 2024 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jack Knife 4.51 avg rating — 469 ratings — published 2023 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kill or Cure: An Illustrated History of Medicine 3.80 avg rating — 332 ratings — published 2013 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Short History of Medicine 3.95 avg rating — 285 ratings — published 2019 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Concise Human Body Book: An Illustrated Guide to its Structure, Function, and Disorders 4.43 avg rating — 253 ratings — published 2007 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Medicine: The Definitive Illustrated History by Steve Parker (Contributor), Alexandra Black (Contributor), Philip Parker (Contributor) 4.49 avg rating — 170 ratings — published 2016 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mammal (Eyewitness Books) 3.93 avg rating — 144 ratings — published 1960 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fish 3.98 avg rating — 125 ratings — published 2004 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dinosaurus: The Complete Guide to Dinosaurs 4.22 avg rating — 116 ratings — published 2003 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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See And Explore (18 books)
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4.18 avg rating — 405 ratings

Science Crackers (4 books)
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3.93 avg rating — 153 ratings

A Journey Through... (5 books)
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John Haslam (Illustrations)

4.10 avg rating — 81 ratings

Change And Growth (5 books)
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4.27 avg rating — 33 ratings

In the Footsteps of... (2 books)
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3.80 avg rating — 25 ratings

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“Egyptian papyri mention temple attendants who cleansed patients and implemented regimes of diet and exercise.”
― Steve Parker, Kill or Cure: An Illustrated History of Medicine

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“Alchemists’ aims have varied through time and from place to place. Some of their best-known quests have included: changing “base” metals (common, ordinary, or inexpensive ones) such as lead, into precious metals, especially gold, using an object or formulation known as the Philosopher’s Stone; creating a substance that can dissolve any other substance—the Universal Solvent or Alkahest; inventing a potion that confers eternal youth on those who drink it—the Elixir of Life; producing a substance that can cure every disease and ailment—the Panacea or Universal Remedy.”
― Steve Parker, Kill or Cure: An Illustrated History of Medicine

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“Some of the colonies allowed the lepers no rights whatsoever, since Catholic doctrine decreed that people with leprosy had already died and were effectively the “living dead.”
― Steve Parker, Kill or Cure: An Illustrated History of Medicine

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