Stiff

出版者:W W Norton & Co Inc

作者:Mary Roach

页数:320

出版时间:2003-1-1

价格:GBP 12.99

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780393050936

具体描述

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.

作者简介

Mary Roach is the author of Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War, Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void, Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex, Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife, and Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers. Her writing has appeared in Outside, Wired, National Geographic, and the New York Times Magazine, among others. She lives in Oakland, California.

目录信息

Introduction
1. A HEAD IS A TERRIBLE THING TO WASTE
2. CRIMES OF ANATOMY
3. LIFE AFTER DEATH
4. DEAD MAN DRIVING
5. BEYOND THE BLACK BOX
6. THE CADAVER WHO JOINED THE ARMY
7. HOLY CADAVER
8. HOW TO KNOW IF YOU'RE DEAD
9. JUST A HEAD
10. EAT ME
11. OUT OF THE FIRE, INTO THE COMPOST BIN
12. REMAINS OF THE AUTHOR
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
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读后感

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用户评价

并不是传说中的满纸笑点，引述资料不少，cadavers贡献巨大，最后几章蛇尾了。

并不是传说中的满纸笑点，引述资料不少，cadavers贡献巨大，最后几章蛇尾了。

并不是传说中的满纸笑点，引述资料不少，cadavers贡献巨大，最后几章蛇尾了。

并不是传说中的满纸笑点，引述资料不少，cadavers贡献巨大，最后几章蛇尾了。

并不是传说中的满纸笑点，引述资料不少，cadavers贡献巨大，最后几章蛇尾了。