Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

By: Mary Roach

Published 2004 by W. W. Norton Company (first published 2003)

Category: Arts

Pages: 303 pages

ISBN: 9780393324822

Description:
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.