

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. 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. For every new surgical procedure, from heart transplants to gender reassignment surgery, cadavers have been there alongside surgeons, making history in their quiet way. 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. In her droll, inimitable voice, Roach tells the engrossing story of our bodies when we are no longer with them.
It takes about 4 Hours and 58 minutes on average for a reader to read Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers. This is based on the average reading speed of 250 Words per minute.
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers is 303 pages long.
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in 2006 Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers won the Green Mountain Book Award in category .
in 2006 Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers won the Garden State Teen Book Award in category .
in 2006 Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers won the Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers in category .
in 2007 Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers won the Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award in category .
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