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

没有看过本书的童鞋们，别被标题误导。我说的是死亡之后肉体的旅程，而不是灵魂。 这并不是恐怖电影或者Discovery的节目，这仅仅是文字。然而不可否认你会被这镇定而内敛的文字冲击，也许这力道并不亚于直观的视觉冲击。（同时我要说，译者的文笔功力相当到位）。 人死后，肉...  

没有看过本书的童鞋们，别被标题误导。我说的是死亡之后肉体的旅程，而不是灵魂。 这并不是恐怖电影或者Discovery的节目，这仅仅是文字。然而不可否认你会被这镇定而内敛的文字冲击，也许这力道并不亚于直观的视觉冲击。（同时我要说，译者的文笔功力相当到位）。 人死后，肉...  

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，...  

“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...  

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。