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OverviewSome of the most complex and bizarre aspects of human sexuality are explored in this humorous look at the science of sex. For two years, science writer Mary Roach peeked behind the closed doors of laboratories, brothels, sex shops, couples' homes, offices, and pig farms in order to uncover the strange lengths people will go to in order to find sexual satisfaction. Questions such as What is an orgasm? Why doesn't Viagra have an effect on women? and Do corpses get erections? are addressed with both physiological and anecdotal explanations in this quirky and open analysis of copulation. Algunos de los aspectos mas complejos y raros de la sexualidad humana son explorados en este vistazo humoristico a la ciencia del sexo. Durante dos anos, la escritora cientifica Mary Roach espio detras de las puertas cerradas de laboratorios, burdeles, tiendas del sexo, domicilios conyugales, oficinas y granjas porcinas para descubrir las cosas extranas que hacen las personas para conseguir la satisfaccion sexual. Preguntas como Que es un orgasmo? Por que la Viagra no efecta a las mujeres? y Tienen erecciones los cadavares? son contestadas con explicaciones fisiologicas y anecdoticas en este analisis peculiar y abierto sobre la copulacion. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Mary Roach , Alex GibertPublisher: Global Rhythm Press Imprint: Global Rhythm Press Dimensions: Width: 14.70cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.60cm Weight: 0.476kg ISBN: 9788496879553ISBN 10: 8496879550 Pages: 307 Publication Date: 01 April 2012 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. Language: Spanish Table of ContentsReviewsEven if there were thousands of science-humor writers, [Mary Roach] would be the sidesplitting favorite. -- Booklist , in a starred review, on the English-language edition Even if there were thousands of science-humor writers, [Mary Roach] would be the sidesplitting favorite. -- Booklist, in a starred review, on the English-language edition Mary Roach is the funniest writer on sex and death since Sigmund Freud. --Peter Sagal, host, National Public Radio's Wait Wait . . . Don't Tell Me! Author InformationMary Roach is a journalist and a licensed psychologist. She has written for publications such as GQ, the New York Times Magazine, Salon.com, and Wired and is the bestselling author of Packing for Mars, Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife, and Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers. She lives in Oakland, California. Alex Gibert is a translator who has also worked on Bones by Jonathan Kellerman, The Pythons: Autobiography, The R. Crumb Handbook, and Mary Roach's Stiff. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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