Gulp

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The irresistible, ever-curious, and always best-selling Mary Roach returns with a new adventure to the invisible realm we carry around inside.



“America’s funniest science writer” ( Washington Post) takes us down the hatch on an unforgettable tour. The alimentary canal is classic Mary Roach terrain: the questions explored in Gulp are as taboo, in their way, as the cadavers in Stiff and every bit as surreal as the universe of zero gravity explored in Packing for Mars. Why is crunchy food so appealing? Why is it so hard to find words for flavors and smells? Why doesn’t the stomach digest itself? How much can you eat before your stomach bursts? Can constipation kill you? Did it kill Elvis? In Gulp we meet scientists who tackle the questions no one else thinks of—or has the courage to ask. We go on location to a pet-food taste-test lab, a fecal transplant, and into a live stomach to observe the fate of a meal. With Roach at our side, we travel the world, meeting murderers and mad scientists, Eskimos and exorcists (who have occasionally administered holy water rectally), rabbis and terrorists—who, it turns out, for practical reasons do not conceal bombs in their digestive tracts.

Like all of Roach’s books, Gulp is as much about human beings as it is about human bodies.

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Gulp

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Shortlisted for the royal society winton prize for science books 2014 in her fantastically disgusting international bestseller mary roach dives into the strange wet miracles of science that operate inside us after every meal for fans of gut by giulia enders eating is the most pleasurable gross ne Uiterlijk 8 november in huis .. MEER INFO

Gulp

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In this international bestseller mary roach breaks bread with spit connoisseurs beer and pet food tasters stomach slugs potato crisp engineers enema exorcists rectum examining prison guards competitive hot dog eaters elvis doctor and many more as she investigates the beginning and the end Direct beschikbaar .. MEER INFO

Bonk

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The bestselling author of stiff and six feet over sets her outrageous and insightful gaze on the most alluring scientific subject of them all sex when mary roach is seized by a subject there is no stopping her she is full on hands on and her lab coat is unbuttoned the timesthe study of sexu Uiterlijk 8 november in huis .. MEER INFO

Taal: en

Bindwijze: Hardcover

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 12 april 2013

Aantal pagina's: 348

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Mary Roach

Tweede Auteur: Roach, M.

Hoofduitgeverij: W W Norton & Co Inc

Extra groot lettertype: Nee

Product breedte: 200 mm

Product hoogte: 15 mm

Product lengte: 250 mm

Studieboek: Nee

Verpakking breedte: 140 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 214 mm

Verpakking lengte: 28 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 518 g

EAN: 9780393081572

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