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Item Details
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BONK
THE CURIOUS COUPLING OF SEX AND SCIENCE |
| By: |
Mary Roach |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£12.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1847672264 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781847672261 |
| Publisher: |
CANONGATE BOOKS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
1 June, 2008 |
| Pages: |
333 |
| Description: |
The study of sexual physiology has been a paying career or a diverting sideline for scientists as far-ranging as Leonardo da Vinci, James Watson, and Napoleon Bonaparte's great grand-niece Marie. This title provides answers to question such as: Can a person think herself to orgasm? Does orgasm boost fertility? |
| Synopsis: |
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, James Watson, and Napoleon Bonaparte's great grand-niece Marie. 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 devoted the past two years to stepping behind those doors.The result is "Bonk": everything you wanted to know but couldn't imagine that someone in a white lab coat had studied. Can a person think herself to orgasm? Can a dead man get an erection? Can Kegeling cure erectile dysfunction? Can Broadway musicals cause it? Is vaginal orgasm a myth? If you can transplant a face, then why not a penis? What happens if you surgically relocate your clitoris? Why doesn't Viagra help women - or, for that matter, pandas? Does orgasm boost fertility? Cure hiccups? Do the earlobes swell during sex?Few things are as fundamental to human happiness than satisfying sex. Yet, the funding for research, always elusive, has dwindled sharply."Bonk" is both an ode to a fascinating and vital pursuit and a reminder that there is still much to learn. Sexual arousal and orgasm are two of the most complex, delightful, utterly amazing scientific phenomena on earth. Sexology, as Roach approaches it, is right up there too. |
| Illustrations: |
Illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Canongate Books Ltd |
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Returnable |
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