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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Professor John A LongPublisher: The University of Chicago Press Imprint: University of Chicago Press Dimensions: Width: 14.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.50cm Weight: 0.354kg ISBN: 9780226143491ISBN 10: 022614349 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 29 April 2014 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsYou know that any book on evolutionary theory that opens with the story of erotic asphyxiation strangling your sex partner to deplete oxygen to heighten orgasmic intensity and how even a normal orgasm is so intense as to simulate a mini death through a momentary loss of consciousness at the point of climax, is going to be a great read. And so it is in this marvelously entertaining and remarkably informative book on the evolution of sex by paleontologist John Long, one of the world s leading experts on teasing out of the fossil record the history of sex over the past several hundred million years. This book is erotica for empiricists. --Michael Shermer, publisher of Skeptic Magazine You know that any book on evolutionary theory that opens with the story of erotic asphyxiation--strangling your sex partner to deplete oxygen to heighten orgasmic intensity--and how even a normal orgasm is so intense as to simulate a mini death through a momentary loss of consciousness at the point of climax, is going to be a great read. And so it is in this marvelously entertaining and remarkably informative book on the evolution of sex by paleontologist John Long, one of the world's leading experts on teasing out of the fossil record the history of sex over the past several hundred million years. This book is erotica for empiricists. --Michael Shermer, publisher of Skeptic Magazine You know that any book on evolutionary theory that opens with the story of erotic asphyxiation--strangling your sex partner to deplete oxygen to heighten orgasmic intensity--and how even a normal orgasm is so intense as to simulate a mini death through a momentary loss of consciousness at the point of climax, is going to be a great read. And so it is in this marvelously entertaining and remarkably informative book on the evolution of sex by paleontologist John Long, one of the world's leading experts on teasing out of the fossil record the history of sex over the past several hundred million years. This book is erotica for empiricists. --Michael Shermer, publisher of Skeptic Magazine Author InformationJohn A. Long is vice president of research and collections at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. His other books include, most recently, Frozen in Time: Prehistoric Life of Antarctica and The Rise of Fishes. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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