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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human CadaversStiff is 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
Stiff is 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.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 04/17/2003
ISBN: 9780393050936
Pages: 320
Weight: 1.08lbs
Size: 8.47h x 5.94w x 1.12d
Award: Garden State Teen Book Award - Winner
Award: Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers - Nominee
Award: Tayshas Reading - Commended
Award: Alex Awards - Winner
Award: Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award - Nominee
Award: Green Mountain Book Award - Nominee
Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 12/01/2002 pg. 96
Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2003 pg. 216
Publishers Weekly 02/24/2003 pg. 60
Library Journal 03/01/2003 pg. 113
Booklist 03/15/2003 pg. 1263
Entertainment Weekly 04/18/2003 pg. 75
BookPage 05/01/2003 pg. 13
People Weekly 06/02/2003 pg. 44
School Library Journal 07/01/2003 pg. 153
Entertainment Weekly 12/26/2003 pg. 152
SLJ's Best Books 12/01/2003 pg. 51
Booklist Ed Choice Adu Bk YA's 01/01/2004 pg. 778
Voice of Youth Advocates 02/01/2004 pg. 514
ALA Best Books Young Adults 03/15/2004 pg. 1280
Library Journal 12/01/2002
Entertainment Weekly 04/18/2008 pg. 68
Entertainment Weekly 03/22/2013 pg. 67
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 77823 / Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
Reading Level: 9.4 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 16
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