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Stiff: the curious lives of human cadavers

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  • "A look inside the world of forensics examines the use of human cadavers in a wide range of endeavors, including research into new surgical procedures, space exploration, and a Tennessee human decay research facility."
  • "Stiff is an oddly compelling, often hilarious exploration of the strange lives of our bodies postmortem. For two thousand years, cadavers-some willingly, some unwittingly-have been involved in science's boldest strides and weirdest undertakings. In this fascinating account, Mary Roach visits the good deeds of cadavers over the centuries and tells the engrossing story of our bodies when we are no longer with them."
  • "Looks at the many valuable scientific uses of the body after death."
  • ""Stiff lifts the lid on exactly what happens to our bodies after we die. In addition to dissecting the ins and outs of decomposition, it unearths the many uses that can be made of a human corspe, from ballistics practice to body farms, crash test dummies to composting, and, in the process, digs up a wealth of ghoulishly compelling detail - from the experiment to weigh the human soul and the history of body-snatching to the true story of the human dumpling"--Back cover."

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  • "Creative nonfiction"
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Bestseller 2003 (Englisch)"

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  • "Stiff: the curious lives of human cadavers"@en
  • "Stiff : the curious lives of human cadavers"
  • "Die fabelhafte Welt der Leichen"
  • "不過是具屍體!"
  • "Stecchiti : le vite curiose dei cadaveri"
  • "Stecchiti : le vite curiose dei cadaveri"@it
  • "Bu guo shi ju shi ti!"
  • "Stiff : The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers"
  • "Stiff The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers"
  • "Inch'e chaehwaryong : tangsin i mollattŏn sach'e sirhŏm rip'ot'ŭ = Stiff : the curious lives of human cadavers"
  • "인체 재활용 : 당신 이 몰랐던 사체 실험 리포트 = Stiff : the curious lives of human cadavers"
  • "Macchabées : la vie mystérieuse des cadavres"
  • "Stiff the curious lives of human cadavers"

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