Format:
Eaudiobook, Audio Books, Nonmusical Sound Recording, Read-along, Electronic Resources
Title:
Stiff [electronic resource] : the curious lives of human cadavers / Mary Roach.
Author:
Roach, Mary.
Call Number:
Audio eBook
Web Site:
Web Link Available online.
Publisher, Date:
[Old Saybrook, Conn.] : Tantor Media, 2008.
Summary:
<P>An oddly compelling, often hilarious exploration of the strange lives of our bodies postmortem.<p>For 2,000 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...
Subjects:
Human experimentation in medicine.
Dead.
Human dissection.
Genre:
Audiobooks.
Downloadable audio books.
Other Author:
Frasier, Shelly.
Tantor Media.