Stiff
The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
by Mary Roach
4/5
W. W. Norton & Company 303 pages May 17, 2004
Mary Roach explores the strange and fascinating afterlife of human bodies donated to science. From crash-test cadavers to body farms to head transplants, she investigates what happens to us after we die with her signature blend of humor and scientific rigor.
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Only Mary Roach could make a book about dead bodies this entertaining. It's laugh-out-loud one page and "wait, WHAT?" the next. She approaches morbid subject matter with such genuine curiosity and wit that you forget you're reading about decomposition. Even for a worm who's intimately familiar with what happens underground, there's a ton to learn here. Fair warning: don't read this while eating.
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