Mary Roach is the author of the New York Times bestsellers STIFF: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers; GULP: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal, PACKING FOR MARS: The Curious Science of Life in the Void; and BONK: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex.
Her most recent book, GRUNT: The Curious Science of Humans at War, is out in June 2016.
Mary has written for National Geographic, Wired, Discover, New Scientist, the Journal of Clinical Anatomy, and Outside, among others. She serves as a member of the Mars Institute's Advisory Board and the Usage Panel of American Heritage Dictionary. Her 2009 TED talk made the organization's 2011 Twenty Most-Watched To Date list. She was the guest editor of the 2011 Best American Science and Nature Writing, a finalist for the 2014 Royal Society Winton Prize, and a winner of the American Engineering Societies' Engineering Journalism Award, in a category for which,
发表于2025-04-04
Stiff 2025 pdf epub mobi 电子书
大概是因为低低的窃笑引人注意,因此偶尔有人会问我:“你在看什么书啊?” 短暂的扭捏之后,我只能实话实说。“一本关于尸体的书。”有时候,我还会把书皮展示给对方看,希望能延续谈话。但是,谈话往往就此终结。我会得到一个意味深长的眼神,这种眼神并不算得上友好。 幸...
评分这无疑是一本很好看的书。书名有很大的误导,以为是一本鬼怪小说。其实不然,要知道,我是鬼怪和科普都很热爱的好小孩。 作者是一位身在美国的女人。古怪的是,为什么这种书的作者和读者都是女性居多?而且这个作者的老公也是那种无论对活人肢体还是死人肢体都非常敏感的男性。...
评分7月10日中午拿到的书,立刻就放下即将看完的小说,我对这本科普书充满了好奇。虽然我是个比较胆小的人,但是在某些方面思想也比较超然。 在本书的第15页有段对白:玛丽勒娜回答说,对付人头,她没有问题。“就我而言,手叫我受不了。”她抬起眼来,“因为你抓着这么一个孤零零...
评分“人头,体积和重量与一只烤鸡大体相同。”这是全书第一句对我有所触动的话。 【总体评价:三星】 总体来说,这多少还是本有些标题党的书,并不像推荐语那么引人入胜,肯定有部分是译作的原因。像陆川的电影一样题材很棒而内容难以跟上。但毕竟是有人如此认真地为尸体写了一整...
评分作者旁征博引,为了写这本书还是做了不少准备。 转移大脑的实验还是很有价值的。 12世纪的阿拉伯世界有“蜜人”,只吃蜂蜜,后来变成药材。然而这是本草纲目中的记载。 人们用木乃伊入药,用各个部分做成药粉。书的口味有点重。看着倒是挺长见识,一些细节的地方以前也没怎么听...
图书标签: 科普 英文原版 尸体 Science MaryRoach 医学 美国 外国文学
An oddly compelling, often hilarious 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.
"Uproariously funny ...informative and respectful...irreverent and witty...impossible to put down." ~ Publishers Weekly
"Not grisly but inspiring, this work considers the many valuable scientific uses of the body after death." ~ Library Journal
"One of the funniest and most unusual books of the year." ~ Entertainment Weekly
New York Times National Best-Seller
轻松有趣的小科普书,但貌似不太严谨(比如涉及到中医的部分)
评分Sad to see she actually tries so hard.
评分去年看的。。。没有Bonk好看,但是充满不为人知的curious cases to be known...
评分Entertaining for sure, but can get draggy at certain points. Still overall a good read
评分Sad to see she actually tries so hard.
Stiff 2025 pdf epub mobi 电子书