Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex

Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex

by Mary Roach (Author), Mary Roach (Author)

Synopsis

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.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 336
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 24 Apr 2009

ISBN 10: 0393334791
ISBN 13: 9780393334791
Book Overview: The New York Times Bestseller

Media 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
Author Bio
Mary Roach is the author of Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War, Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void, Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex, Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife, and Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers. Her writing has appeared in Outside, Wired, National Geographic, and the New York Times Magazine, among others. She lives in Oakland, California.