- Lijken, Experimenten, Human dissection, Dissection
A hilarious and witty look into the history of using cadavers for science, grave diggers, and options to consider about your burial plan. A dark and uncomfortable subject made more palatable and downright funny.
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- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
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- contemporarynostalgic
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- Author
- Mary Roach, M Roach, Shelly Frasier, Mary Roach
- First published
- 2003
- Pages
- 304
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd, Rebound by Sagebrush, Shi bao wen hua chu ban qi ye gu fen you xian gong si
- Editions
- 22
- Language
- Chinese, English
- ISBN
- 9780670912179
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“The human head is of the same approximate size and weight as a roaster chicken.”
Mary Roach is an American author, specializing in popular science and humor. Roach is noted for her curiosity and humor in addition to her research. Her many humor-laced articles in various publications over the decades include her monthly humor column, "My Planet", in Reader's Digest. Although Roach writes primarily about science, she never intended to make it her career. Roach stated in an interview with TheVerge.com when asked what exactly got her hooked on writing about science, "To be honest, it turned out that science stories were always, consistently, the most interesting stories I was assigned to cover. TV and radio shows have repeatedly asked Roach to appear as a guest so they could
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