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

我不知道为什么豆瓣评分这么高，而我又出于好奇心买了这本书，有要的同学麻烦留下地址，不包邮赠送。 首先，作为一本翻译著作。实在是不敢恭维这位译者的水平，真是看到译文的行文结构就自己想脑补回英文。 其次，还是作为一本翻译，原文中作者用英文处处想要表达的幽默感，...  

我在路上捡到的兔子死了。我把它吃掉了。 K同学对此反应十分激烈。我试图向他阐明，我对尸体的这种处理没有伤害到任何人。他反问我，你会吃掉你的狗弟（我养的一只大白狗）吗？他用狗弟做比是因为知道狗弟是我的心肝宝贝。我说，会啊，它都死了。我很快觉得这个答案太过刺激，...  

初初听西说起这本书的时候，就浮现出两个字“恐怖”。于是，自做主张的把它列入恐怖小说的范围里。后来，为了帮西订这本书，而去百度搜的时候，发现它居然被列入内科学里。好奇的狠，昨天拿到，便花去一个通宵看完。 知道嘛，看完后发出的感叹居然是：幸好今天没有象以往那样在...  

春节终于有几天空暇看书了，一口气把它读完了。本书的翻译算不上精美，不过内容确实吸引人，这绝对不是一本恐怖的书，文笔之间还透露着一点看破生死小幽默。我们的身后事确实是一个冷知识，任何号称知识渊博的人都应该看一看此书！

Stiff - The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers （人类尸体的有趣故事） 2003年的一本有关人类尸体的畅销书，其时颇受欢迎。作者Mary Roach，专栏作家。在本书中，作者介绍了对人类尸体使用、安置的历史，并探讨了相关的伦理道德问题（如器官捐赠问题）。本书主要是满足好奇心...  

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。