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Stiff

For 2,000 years, cadavers-some willingly, some unwittingly-have been involved in science's boldest strides and weirdest undertakings. In this fascinating, ennobling account, Mary Roach visits the good deeds of cadavers over the centuries and, in so doing, tells the engrossing story of our bodies when we are no longer with them.


Author:

  • Mary Roach

Narrator:

  • Shelly Frasier

Format:

  • Audiobook

Duration:

  • 8 h 0 min

Language:

English

Categories:

  • Natural sciences
  • Physics and chemistry

4.2

50 ratings

JOAO

2025-04-09

The cleverness of the author when presenting her experiences gave me an entire new way to see death, or, well, everything that immediately follows it, and it oddly recontextualizes things before death.

Aurora

2023-02-01

Otroligt intressant och lärorik

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    Mary Roach

    Mary Roach is the New York Times-bestselling author of several popular science books including Packing for Mars and Gulp, which was shortlisted for the Royal Society Winton prize. Grunt was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Science & Technology Book Prize. She has written for the Guardian, Wired, BBC Focus, GQ and Vogue. Her most recent book is Animal, Vegetable, Criminal.

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