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!
评分“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!
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...
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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