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Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex

by: Mary Roach

: Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 612.6
EAN: 9780393064643
ISBN: 0393064646
Label: W. W. Norton
Manufacturer: W. W. Norton
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: April 07, 2008
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Sales Rank: 4823
Studio: W. W. Norton



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The best-selling author of Stiff turns her outrageous curiosity and infectious wit on the most alluring scientific subject of all: sex.

The study of sexual physiology—what happens, and why, and how to make it happen better—has been a paying career or a diverting sideline for scientists as far-ranging as Leonardo da Vinci and James Watson. The research has taken place behind the closed doors of laboratories, brothels, MRI centers, pig farms, sex-toy R&D labs, and Alfred Kinsey's attic.

Mary Roach, 'the funniest science writer in the country' (Burkhard Bilger of The New Yorker), devoted the past two years to stepping behind those doors. Can a person think herself to orgasm? Can a dead man get an erection? Is vaginal orgasm a myth? Why doesn't Viagra help women—or, for that matter, pandas? In Bonk, Roach shows us how and why sexual arousal and orgasm, two of the most complex, delightful, and amazing scientific phenomena on earth, can be so hard to achieve and what science is doing to slowly make the bedroom a more satisfying place. 16 illustrations.



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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Another Hit!
As a fan of Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers(less so of Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife. ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Bonk
Funny look at sex. sex toys and sexual situations. Fun read. Like her other book too


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Outstanding book
Bonk is very entertaining and educational. Mary Roach has the unique ability of presenting science in a ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - GREAT INTERVIEW WITH MARY ROACH
I heard Mary being interviewed on a podcast that I listen to on a regular basis so I went out and picked ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - fun and informative
I loved both Bonk and Stiff. This book was entertaining and knowledgable, and MR certainly does not hold ... Read More

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