Description: First Printing “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.”
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Book Title: Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Cana
Signed: Yes
Personalized: Yes
Features: Signed
Genre: Adventure
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Inscribed: No
Number of Pages: 336 Pages
Publication Name: Gulp : Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
Language: English
Publisher: Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.
Subject: Life Sciences / Anatomy & Physiology (See Also Life Sciences / Human Anatomy & Physiology), Gastroenterology, Life Sciences / Human Anatomy & Physiology
Item Height: 1.1 in
Publication Year: 2013
Item Weight: 18.8 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 8.5 in
Subject Area: Science, Medical
Author: Mary Roach
Item Width: 5.8 in
Format: Hardcover
