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More copies of this ISBN:Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sexby Mary Roach
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Following her usual template, Mary Roach finds a subject in the scientific community that is equal parts fascinating and scandalous, and writes an extensively researched and thoroughly amusing book about it. Beyond the initial titillation stemming from a frank book about sex, in Bonk, Roach entertains and informs, both hallmarks of a successful popular-science writer. Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:The best-selling author of Stiff turns her outrageous curiosity and infectious wit on the most alluring scientific subject of all: sex. The study of sexual physiology--what happens, and why, and how to make it happen better--has been a paying career or a diverting sideline for scientists as far-ranging as Leonardo da Vinci and James Watson. The research has taken place behind the closed doors of laboratories, brothels, MRI centers, pig farms, sex-toy R&D labs, and Alfred Kinsey's attic. Mary Roach, the funniest science writer in the country (Burkhard Bilger of The New Yorker), devoted the past two years to stepping behind those doors. Can a person think herself to orgasm? Can a dead man get an erection? Is vaginal orgasm a myth? Why doesn't Viagra help women--or, for that matter, pandas? In Bonk, Roach shows us how and why sexual arousal and orgasm, two of the most complex, delightful, and amazing scientific phenomena on earth, can be so hard to achieve and what science is doing to slowly make the bedroom a more satisfying place. 16 illustrations. Review:Roach is a fearless and witty reporter. Review:[Mary Roach] is a bold, tenacious, and insatiable reporter. . . . [She] has a knack for posing the embarrassing, nonlinear and too obvious questions that others are always afraid to ask. . . . A greatly satisfying romp. Review:Roach is one of those rare writers who can tackle the most obscure unpleasantness and distill the data into a hilarious and informative package. . . . It"s a wonderful read, sprinkled with facts you can quote to amaze your friends. Synopsis:'Rich in dexterous innuendo, laugh-out-loud humor and illuminating fact. It"s compulsively readable.' '"Los Angeles Times Book Review Synopsis:The best-selling author of Stiffturns her outrageous curiosity and insight on the most alluring scientific subject of all: sex. About the AuthorMary Roachis the author of Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadaversand Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife. Her writing has appeared in Salon, National Geographic, Wired, New Scientist, and the New York Times Magazine. She lives in Oakland, California. What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!
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