Stiff : the curious lives of human cadavers / Mary Roach.
| Author/creator | Roach, Mary |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Publication Info | New York : W.W. Norton, ©2003. |
| Description | 303 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | A head is a terrible thing to waste : practicing surgery on the dead -- Crimes of anatomy : body snatching and other sordid tales from the dawn of human dissection -- Life after death : on human decay and what can be done about it -- Dead man driving : human crash test dummies and the ghastly, necessary science of impact tolerance -- Beyond the black box : when the bodies of the passengers must tell the story of a crash -- The cadaver who joined the army : the sticky ethics of bullets and bombs -- Holy cadaver : the crucifixion experiments -- How to know if you're dead : beating-heart cadavers, live burial, and the scientific search for the soul -- Just a head : decapitation, reanimation, and the human head transplant -- Eat me : medicinal cannibalism and the case of the human dumplings -- Out of the fire, into the compost bin : and other new ways to end up -- Remains of the author : will she or won't she? |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-303). |
| LCCN | 2002152908 |
| ISBN | 0393050939 : |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laupus | Popular Reading Collection | W 800 R628S 2003 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |