Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
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A New York Times Bestseller
"Rich in dexterous innuendo, laugh-out-loud humor and illuminating fact. It's compulsively readable." —Los Angeles Times Book Review
In ?Bonk, ?the best-selling author of Stiff turns her outrageous curiosity and insight on the most alluring scientific subject of all: sex. Can a person think herself to orgasm? Why doesn't Viagra help women-or, for that matter, pandas? Can a dead man get an erection? Is vaginal orgasm a myth? Mary Roach shows us how and why sexual arousal and orgasm-two of the most complex, delightful, and amazing scientific phenomena on earth-can be so hard to achieve and what science is doing to make the bedroom a more satisfying place.
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Street Date:
04/06/2009
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780393069211
ASIN:
B003M5IGE2
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Mary Roach. (2009). Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex. W. W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Mary Roach. 2009. Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex. W. W. Norton & Company.
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