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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 612.6 EAN: 9780393064643 Edition: 1 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 Studio: W. W. Norton Editorial Review: Product Description: 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. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Go bonkers!And you will --- with laughter! Such a no-no subject treated by a professional with a superb sense of humor!!!!! Rating: - Almost better than sexI love Mary Roach and I think this is her best book yet. I kept laughing uproariously while I was reading this book, unfortunately usually in public, and would have to explain what the book was all about. Then, I wasn't content with embarrassing my myself enough with that, so I had to go on and rave about Stiff, which can be seen as a bit creepy to certain kinds of people. Anyway, this book is fascinating and FUNNY. If you don't have a stick up your butt (which I guess you don't or you wouldn't ... Read More Rating: - "BONK" by Mary Roach: probably the most comprehensive sex study ever written.Let me commend for your consideration Ms. Mary Roach's new book Bonk, ISBN 978-0-393-06464-3. Ms. Roach has written a column for Reader's Digest for several years. In the most recent issue of National Geographic an article by her examines primate behavior, publishing proof of certain hunting activities by open plain chimpanzees that anthropologists have been as reluctant to recognize as the early popes were the solarcentricity of the planets. She is an attractive, intelligent ... Read More Rating: - Science, Sex, and an Entertaining Author!Once upon a time, Dr. Isaac Asimov attempted to explain the world to everybody. When I was growing up, I devoured both his science fiction and his non-fiction, learning a lot about what had already happened in the world, what was happening at the present, and what yet might happen. I enjoyed his non-fiction books and thought he was really good at explaining science to the layman. But these days my heart belongs to Mary Roach! I will never stray. She's only written three books, but she's ... Read More Rating:  - Not as funny as promised, leaves a lot to be desired"Bonk" was supposed to be riotously funny, a real laugh-a-minute book about sexuality and sex. Well, it's not nearly as funny as I'd hoped. In fact, I only laughed once or twice. Mostly, the attempts at humor are mild and fall just a little short in timing or set-up. Roach has a decent touch for writing funny material, but not a great touch. So, the delivery ain't great. Then there's the material. Most of this stuff is from Re-tread City. Masters & Johnson? Please. The MRI study? Old news. If ... Read More |
