Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
An oddly compelling, often hilarious forensic exploration of the strange lives of our bodies postmortem. For two thousand years, cadavers?some willingly, some unwittingly?have been involved in science's boldest strides and weirdest undertakings. They've tested France's first guillotines, ridden the NASA Space Shuttle, been crucified in a Parisian laboratory to test the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin, and helped solve the mystery of TWA Flight 800. For every new surgical procedure, from heart transplants to gender reassignment surgery, cadavers have been there alongside surgeons, making history in their quiet way. In this fascinating, ennobling account, Mary Roach visits the good deeds of cadavers over the centuries?from the anatomy labs and human-sourced pharmacies of medieval and nineteenth-century Europe to a human decay research facility in Tennessee, to a plastic surgery practice lab, to a Scandinavian funeral directors' conference on human composting. In her droll, inimitable voice, Roach tells the engrossing story of our bodies when we are no longer with them. 13 b/w illustrations.
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this is a really light-hearted book about cadavers it's really funny, and well written.
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Recent Reviews
- 4/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Oct-05-2009
- Informative, Funny
I found this book recently in a used book store. She manages to be humorous and yet respectful of the dead at the same time. Really funny, easyreading and informative all in one, which is no easy feat. I never felt grossed out. For...
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- 2/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Sep-30-2009
- Stiff indeed, stiff as a bored.
Great subject and definitely made me think about death in a different light (which seems to to be the aim of the book so 5 stars). I give a lot of respect to the author for what she was willing to do and see as part of research. The way...
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Sep-01-2009
- Roach's best yet
Mary Roach has taught me so much--not just about science, but about writing as well. This book is well-researched, well-written, and funny, as Spook and Bonk are, and it's intellectually heftier than either. Roach approaches a...
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jul-31-2009
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bought this for an assignment in my human anatomy and phisology( dont know if i spelled that right) class and i loved this book. would have kept it but if i turned it in i received extra points on my final so i was like bye bye book. but...
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- 4/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Oct-05-2009
- Informative, Funny
I found this book recently in a used book store. She manages to be humorous and yet respectful of the dead at the same time. Really funny, easyreading and informative all in one, which is no easy feat. I never felt grossed out. For...
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- 3/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jan-13-2009
- Doesn't live up to the hype.
Interesting and informative for about halfway through when it reaches its peak. It then becomes repetitious, and when the author throws a bunch of filler material in it picks up speed as it hurtles downhill. Wouldn't it benefit author,...
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- 2/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Sep-30-2009
- Stiff indeed, stiff as a bored.
Great subject and definitely made me think about death in a different light (which seems to to be the aim of the book so 5 stars). I give a lot of respect to the author for what she was willing to do and see as part of research. The way...
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