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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
(Paperback, 2004)
Author: Mary Roach
STIFF fascinatingly numerates the many contributions humans have made to science as cadavers. Roach ...
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Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0393324826
ISBN-13: 9780393324822
May 2004
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
304 pages
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Language: English |
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Synopsis
STIFF fascinatingly numerates the many contributions humans have made to science as cadavers. Roach highlights some of the uses the living have found for the dead, such as charting human decay at a center in Tennessee and establishing the certainty of the Shroud of Turin by crucifying a dead body in a Paris research lab. With these investigative tales and more, STIFF breathes new life into the sacrifices the deceased have made for the rest of us., STIFF numerates the many contributions humans have made to science as cadavers. Roach highlights some of the uses the living have found for the dead, such as charting human decay at a center in Tennessee and establishing the certainty of the Shroud of Turin by crucifying a dead body in a Paris research lab. With these investigative tales and more, STIFF breathes new life into the sacrifices the deceased have made for the rest of us.
| Size | | Length: | 304 pages | | Height: | 8.3 in | | Width: | 6.0 in | | Thickness: | 0.8 in | | Weight: | 9.6 oz |
Industry Reviews
"Roach has a keen eye for the perfect detail, an ear for the zinging quotation and a finely tuned sense of the preposterous."
(10/09/2005)
"Informative, yes; entertaining, absolutely."
Kirkus (02/01/2003)
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