In her droll, inimitable voice, Roach tells the engrossing story of our bodies when we are no longer with them. In this fascinating, ennobling account, Mary Roach visits the good deeds of cadavers over the centuries from the anatomy labs and human-sourced pharmacies of medieval and nineteenth-century Europe to a human decay research facility in Tennessee, to a plastic surgery practice lab, to a Scandinavian funeral directors' conference on human composting. She worked as a columnist and also worked in public relations for a brief time. Mary Roach 57-page comprehensive study guide Chapter-by-chapter summaries and multiple sections of expert analysis Featured in our Science & Nature. After college, Roach moved to San Francisco, California and spent a few years working as a freelance copy editor. For every new surgical procedure, from heart transplants to gender reassignment surgery, cadavers have been there alongside surgeons, making history in their quiet way. She received a bachelors degree in psychology from Wesleyan University in 1981. 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. An oddly compelling, often hilarious exploration of the strange lives of our bodies postmortem.įor two thousand years, cadavers (some willingly, some unwittingly) have been involved in science's boldest strides and weirdest undertakings.
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