Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers | Paperback

Released on 01 July 2004

Author: Mary Roach | Format: Paperback

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What happens to your body after you have died? Fertilizer? Crash Test Dummy? Human Dumpling? Ballistics Practise? Life after death is not as simple as it looks. Mary Roach's Stiff lifts the lid off what happens to our bodies once we have died. Bold, original and with a delightful eye for detail, Roach tells us everything we wanted to know about this new frontier in medical science. Interweaving present-day explorations with a history of past attempts to study what it means to be human Stiff is a deliciously dark investigations for readers of popular science as well as fans of the macabre

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I was slightly dubious about reading this book, however curiosity won over and I'm glad it did. This book was one of the most interesting books I've ever read, not for the faint hearted but if you're laid back enough to see it for what it is, is definitely worth the read.

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AuthorMary Roach
PublisherPenguin Books Ltd (United Kingdom)
Year2004
ISBN9780141007458
FormatPaperback - 304 Pages