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.
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.
“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 评分在我们中国人的哲学中,似乎很忌讳死。当然,死在文人墨客的笔下,也可以描述的很悲壮,比如古诗中有专门的悼亡诗,但总体上,我们提到死,是讳莫如深的,是避之不及的。对尸体,应该说,尤其如此,所以,湘西赶尸人成了众说纷纭的一个传说,嗯,只是传说。 在拿到这本书之前...
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。
评分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。
评分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。
评分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。
评分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。
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