具体描述
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
作者简介
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,
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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...
评分这是一本很趣致的小书，收到之后没有立刻读，夏休回家的时候带着上了飞机，当在近万米的高空上正好读到通过法航尸检，乘客们的尸体如何倾诉了连黑匣子都不知道的秘密时，难免不寒而栗，想着我所在的第12排靠窗的位置，当机舱被大气压这段，而我和身边的乘客（啊对不起大家）会...
评分#Mary Roach#的《Stiff》的中文版《僵尸的奇异生活》翻译得正经有余趣味不足，有些地方准确性尚待商榷，比如“ You cut off heads. You cut off heads. You cut off heads.”被翻译成“你这个刽子手，你这个刽子手”，但原文所指的只是医学院助教人员移除尸体头部，哪来杀人行...
评分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...
评分这个奇幻漂流，肯定是超过少年派。 今天改完几页书稿后，我很开心，我觉得，应该轻松一下，换换脑子，于是，我就抓起身后一本书来读——很多未读的书都在身后，主要是近便、好拿。这本，就是《人类尸体的奇异生活》。 当然只有果壳才出这样奇葩的书，但是，象我这样的果粉，...
用户评价
非常想读原版，望指点哪里可以找到，电子书实体书都行
评分好书。适合任何阶段的任何人群。未知死，焉知生。死生一条。太多的地方该做笔记，可惜我懒。
评分好书。适合任何阶段的任何人群。未知死，焉知生。死生一条。太多的地方该做笔记，可惜我懒。
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...
评分这女的很会调侃，真是实现了谈笑生死间哈哈哈。中国在她笔下又是吃人肉饺子又是用耳屎粪便治病，好愚昧啊。连我都觉得有点不公啊。
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