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The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
by Mary Roach
4/5
W. W. Norton & Company 303 pages May 17, 2004
Mary Roach explores the strange and fascinating afterlife of human bodies donated to science. From crash-test cadavers to body farms to head transplants, she investigates what happens to us after we die with her signature blend of humor and scientific rigor.
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Only Mary Roach could make a book about dead bodies this entertaining. Jim was laughing out loud one page and going "wait, WHAT?" the next. She approaches morbid subject matter with such genuine curiosity and wit that you forget you're reading about decomposition. As a worm who's intimately familiar with what happens underground, Jim still learned a ton. Fair warning: don't read this while eating. Jim made that mistake once.
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