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Gory Details: Adventures From the Dark Side of Science
Infused with Mary Roach-style humor and science, this narrative illuminates the gross, strange, morbid, and outright absurd realities of our bodies, the Earth, and universe.
Filled to the brim with far-out facts, this wickedly informative narrative from the author of National Geographic's popular Gory Details blog takes us on a fascinating journey through an astonishing new reality. Blending humor and journalism in the tradition of Mary Roach, acclaimed science reporter Erika Engelhaupt investigates the gross, strange, and morbid absurdities of our bodies and our universe. From the research biologist who stung himself with every conceivable insect to the world's most murderous mammals, this entertaining book explores oft-ignored but alluring facets of biology, anatomy, space exploration, nature, and more. Featuring interviews with leading researchers in the field and a large dose of wit, this provocative book reveals the most intriguing real-world applications of science in all their glory.
Filled to the brim with far-out facts, this wickedly informative narrative from the author of National Geographic's popular Gory Details blog takes us on a fascinating journey through an astonishing new reality. Blending humor and journalism in the tradition of Mary Roach, acclaimed science reporter Erika Engelhaupt investigates the gross, strange, and morbid absurdities of our bodies and our universe. From the research biologist who stung himself with every conceivable insect to the world's most murderous mammals, this entertaining book explores oft-ignored but alluring facets of biology, anatomy, space exploration, nature, and more. Featuring interviews with leading researchers in the field and a large dose of wit, this provocative book reveals the most intriguing real-world applications of science in all their glory.
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I enjoyed this book so much. It was well written and engaging, organized in a way that made sense, and covered a broad range of topics. Since I don't read the blog, each chapter was new to me and I even enjoyed reading ones on topics I was familiar with. It's definitely an overview type of book, not deep diving into individual things, but it's inspired me to look into other books (18 Tiny Deaths!)
This was a fascinating investigation into a variety of strange, gross, and morbid things about our bodies and the universe. Each chapter explores a different topic making it extremely easy to pick and choose what you want to learn about, or skip over if you are squeamish about some things.
Engelhaupt does a wonderful job at presenting these somewhat gross and sometimes taboo topics in very informative and fun ways that made learning about all these different things very enjoyable. I learned a lot of fascinating things about cockroaches, maggots, slugs, fecal transplants, misophonia, and so much more.
If you are interested in learning about gory science or some more morbid topics but don’t really know where to start, I would highly recommend this book. It was easy to read, amusing, and extremely easy to skip sections that may be too much for you, so all around a great adventure book in science.
Very fascinating, somewhat gross, collection of stories and information that I have thoroughly enjoyed sharing!
An interesting book full of interesting topics. 7/10 because of personal preference, I’m not one for short stories. I learned some things and relearned others. Definitely recommend because I’m now even more curious about things I didn’t know existed and that’s the best feeling in the world.
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