Author of why is snot green

The lungs play a passive role in the respiratory process. Their expansion is produced by an enlargement, mostly downward, of the thoracic cavity and they collapse when that cavity is reduced. Proper breathing involves the muscles of the head, neck, thorax, and abdomen. It can be shown that chronic tension in any part of the body's musculature interferes with the natural respiratory movements. Breathing is a rhythmic activity. Normally a person at rest makes approximately 16 to 17 respiratory incursions a minute.

The rate is higher in infants and in states of excitation. It is lower in sleep and in depressed persons. The depth of the respiratory wave is another factor which varies with emotional states. Breathing becomes shallow when we are frightened or anxious. It deepens with relaxation, pleasure and sleep. But above all, it is the quality of the respiratory movements that determines whether breathing is pleasurable or not.

With each breath a wave can be seen to ascend and descend through the body. The inspiratory wave begins deep in the abdomen with a backward movement of the pelvis. This allows the belly to expand outward. The wave then moves upward as the rest of the body expands. The head moves very slightly forward to suck in the air while the nostrils dilate or the mouth opens. The expiratory wave begins in the upper part of the body and moves downward: the head drops back, the chest and abdomen collapse, and the pelvis rocks forward.

Breathing easily and fully is one of the basic pleasures of being alive. The pleasure is clearly experienced at the end of expiration when the descending wave fills the pelvis with a delicious sensation.

In adults this sensation has a sexual quality, though it does not induce any genital feeling. The slight backward and forward movements of the pelvis, similar to the sexual movements, add to the pleasure. Though the rhythm of breathing is pronounced in the pelvic area, it is at the same time experienced by the total body as a feeling of fluidity, softness, lightness and excitement. The importance of breathing need hardly be stressed.

It provides the oxygen for the metabolic processes; literally it supports the fires of life. But breath as "pneuma" is also the spirit or soul. We live in an ocean of air like fish in a body of water. By our breathing we are attuned to our atmosphere. Recommended to anyone who wants to interest young teens in science, particularly boys. The best part is, you don't have to read the book straight through if you don't want to.

You can pick He-larious! You can pick and choose the parts you want to read. Have fun! Shelves: childrens , , nonfiction , science , humor. This book offers a humorous way to answer science questions and inspires children to keep asking more questions and searching for the answers in science.

The book has an interview-like format, with numerous questions asked and answered about each topic. It took us for-ev-er to read this book because we would only read one or two topics each time and we took some breaks in between. Still, we really enjoyed reading this book together and we all learned quite a bit from the book.

After all, where This book offers a humorous way to answer science questions and inspires children to keep asking more questions and searching for the answers in science. After all, where else can you learn about termite flatulence?

You can read this like one of the world records books. Lots of fun questions and facts presented in a question and answer format. Good intro to randomness non-fiction fun. View all 3 comments. Oct 25, Mister rated it it was amazing Shelves: books-i-own , non-fiction , science. My favorite thing about this book was finding out the answers to important and some times slightly gross questions.

Many interesting facts are presented, questioned, and explained with humorous yet fun way. Science made easy, I would say. However, too few illustrations and wordy sentences made the reading boring.

Need months to finish reading it. Still, great book this is anyway. Fun little tidbits explained easily for kids. Jun 21, Ryan rated it did not like it. The title isn't really good because why specifically choose the question, "Why is snot green?

Jun 29, Daisy Hu rated it it was amazing Recommends it for: people who are forced to read a science book, but can't find a good one. I wish a professor like that would come to my school.

Apr 22, Moon rated it really liked it Shelves: re-read. It holds up! Oct 16, Justin rated it really liked it. Why is Snot Green? The book is laid out like an interview with a short freckle faced kid asking a scientist question after question revealing surprising and sometimes funny answers. There are a few different sections to this book including space, animal adaptations, and what the world will Why is Snot Green? There are a few different sections to this book including space, animal adaptations, and what the world will be like in the future.

Since the conversation is between a kid and a scientist, there is also a humorous element added to the book because a scientist uses big lingo that a lot of people don't understand.

I thought this was a really good and interesting book. Although Non-Fiction books are usually boring to me, this was fun to read. I like learning new things about science and the questions were sometimes things I've never really ever wondered about like why spiders legs are hairy and what they use the hair for. One thing I didn't like about this book is that there wasn't more questions. It could have been a lot larger with even more cool questions.

I would recommend this to anyone who loves learning about science and the different aspects of the world. Although it was a higher lexile, the only words people probably wouldn't know or would have trouble pronouncing would be the big scientific words that explain how the world works.

It is also good if you need help researching for a project. If you need to know stuff, this is an easy way to learn it and it makes sense. Jan 11, Seung Soo rated it it was amazing. Why is snot green, by Glenn Murphy, is written in a way which a boy asks question and a scientist answers.

This caught my attention and made me want read it. But not only this, but the questions that talk about space and human body was really interesting and funny, like "What happens to the astronomer when they fart in space? Although I might be too old to read this book To b Why is snot green, by Glenn Murphy, is written in a way which a boy asks question and a scientist answers. Although I might be too old to read this book To be honest, I wasn't able to figure out those theories about atom and mass were talking about , I had a great fun reading it.

Feb 08, Yuya Okada rated it really liked it. I finished reading a book called "Why is Snot Green? And this book is science book. In this book, you can learn tons of fun facts. Some of them are all around us. For example, in the book scientist tells you about lightning. Do rabbits fart? What is space made of?

Where does all the water go at low tide? Can animals talk? What are scabs for? Will computers ever be cleverer than people? He wrote Why is Snot Green? In he moved to the United States. He now lives and works in North Carolina, with his wife Heather and an increasingly large and ill-tempered cat.

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