Book
Stiff : the curious lives of human cadavers / Mary Roach.
Record details
- ISBN: 0393050939
- ISBN: 0393324826 (pb)
- ISBN: 9780393324822
- Physical Description: 303 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., [2003]
- Copyright: ©2003
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Purchased with a gift from Whitehall High School Student Council 2004. Alex Award 2004 |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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?. |
| Target Audience Note: | 1230L Lexile |
| Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader UG 9.4 16 16 77823 |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Human anatomy. Human physiology. Human body. Human experimentation in medicine. Dead. Human dissection. Young adult literature. Death. Technology. Science > Experiments. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Nazareth. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity | 611 ROA 2003 (Text) | 31001101088202 | Adult Non Fiction | Available | - |
