Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
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In Bonk, the best-selling author of Stiff turns her outrageous curiosity and insight on the most alluring scientific subject of all: sex. Can a person think herself to orgasm? Why doesn't Viagra help women--or, for that matter, pandas? Can a dead man get an erection? Is vaginal orgasm a myth? Mary 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 make the bedroom a more satisfying place.
Critical Reviews
Critical Reviews
Roach ferrets out basic truths and endless absurd details amid mountains of dry science on her chosen subject. . . . It's a wonderful read, sprinkled with facts you can quote to amaze your friends.-- "San Francisco Chronicle"
[Mary Roach] is a bold, tenacious, and insatiable reporter. . . . A greatly satisfying romp.-- "New York Times Book Review"
Roll over, Kinsey. Mary Roach has done it again.... Bonk proves that full-bodied research can be riveting.-- "O, The The Oprah Magazine"
Roach is a fearless and witty reporter.-- "Wall Street Journal"
[An] account that is at once revealing--alarmingly so--and very very funny. She studs (forgive me) her journey with a multitude of knee-crossing bits of fact that will enliven bedtime conversation everywhere.--Erik Larson, author of Devil in the White City
Publishing Information
Publishing Information
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub date:
2022-10-04
Length:
336 pages
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