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Stiff
副标题: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
ISBN: 9781400100972
出版社: Tantor Media, Inc.
出版年: 2003-08-10
定价: USD 29.99
装帧: Audio CD
内容简介
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
玛丽·罗琦Mary Roach
1959年出生于美国新罕布什尔州汉诺威市，卫斯理大学心理学专业毕业，现为自由作家，《美国国家地理》、《新科学家》、《连线》的专栏撰稿人，《美国科学与自然写作年度选2011年卷》主编，2012年获得哈佛世俗协会颁发的拉什迪奖，同年还被MaximumFun.org授予科学调查特别奖。迄今已有五本科普畅销书问世，风格幽默搞怪，可称为当代最令人捧腹的科学作家。
已出版作品
《人类尸体的奇异生活》Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
《见鬼，科学推倒来世》Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife
《科学碰撞“性”》Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
《打包去火星》Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in theVoid
《消化道历险记》Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
译者简介：
王祖哲
山东大学文艺美学研究中心、文学与新闻传播学院副教授，从事艺术哲学、美学、文学理论方面的教学与研究工作，有《别逗了，费曼先生！》《居里一家》《地球简史》《神圣几何》《夏娃的种子》《另类美国史》《爱因斯坦的小提琴》等近二十余种译著出版。
