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Stiff

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Beloved, best-selling science writer Mary Roach's "acutely entertaining, morbidly fascinating" (Susan Adams, Forbes) classic, now with a new epilogue.

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 confirmation surgery, cadavers have helped make history in their quiet way. "Delightful—though never disrespectful" (Les Simpson, Time Out New York), Stiff investigates the strange lives of our bodies postmortem and answers the question: What should we do after we die?

"This quirky, funny read offers perspective and insight about life, death and the medical profession. . . . You can close this book with an appreciation of the miracle that the human body really is." —Tara Parker-Pope, Wall Street Journal

"Gross, educational, and unexpectedly sidesplitting." —Entertainment Weekly


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Series: Mary Roach's Curiosities Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Kindle Book

  • ISBN: 9780393069198
  • Release date: May 17, 2004

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9780393069198
  • File size: 660 KB
  • Release date: May 17, 2004

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9780393069198
  • File size: 4199 KB
  • Release date: May 17, 2004

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Kindle Book
OverDrive Read
EPUB ebook

Languages

English

Levels

ATOS Level:9.4
Lexile® Measure:1230
Interest Level:9-12(UG)
Text Difficulty:8-11

Beloved, best-selling science writer Mary Roach's "acutely entertaining, morbidly fascinating" (Susan Adams, Forbes) classic, now with a new epilogue.

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 confirmation surgery, cadavers have helped make history in their quiet way. "Delightful—though never disrespectful" (Les Simpson, Time Out New York), Stiff investigates the strange lives of our bodies postmortem and answers the question: What should we do after we die?

"This quirky, funny read offers perspective and insight about life, death and the medical profession. . . . You can close this book with an appreciation of the miracle that the human body really is." —Tara Parker-Pope, Wall Street Journal

"Gross, educational, and unexpectedly sidesplitting." —Entertainment Weekly


Expand title description text
  • Details

    Publisher:
    W. W. Norton & Company

    Kindle Book
    ISBN: 9780393069198
    Release date: May 17, 2004

    OverDrive Read
    ISBN: 9780393069198
    File size: 660 KB
    Release date: May 17, 2004

    EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9780393069198
    File size: 4199 KB
    Release date: May 17, 2004

  • Creators
  • Formats
    Kindle Book
    OverDrive Read
    EPUB ebook
  • Languages
    English
  • Levels
    ATOS Level: 9.4
    Lexile® Measure: 1230
    Interest Level: 9-12(UG)
    Text Difficulty: 8-11
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