Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

For two thousand years, cadavers - some willingly, some unwittingly - have been involved in science's boldest strides and weirdest undertakings. They've tested France's first guillotines, ridden the NASA Space Shuttle, been crucified in a Parisian laboratory to test the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin, and helped solve the mystery of TWA Flight...show more

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imes909
Jan 11, 2024
10/10 stars
Strange and interesting if you like medical stuff!!!
JShrestha
Aug 25, 2023
10/10 stars
These are the kinds of books I love to read! It was so insightful to see the different aspect and stages a corpse goes through depending on what and how a body is process when donated or not donated. I thought the author wrote the book in a respectful and sensitive manner that allows the reader to surpass the morbid and adjustment of the true subject of the book, what happens to your body after death.
jadekaufman
Jul 13, 2023
9/10 stars
Love this author. She’s incredibly intelligent and her books are full of useful information.
E Clou
May 10, 2023
6/10 stars
This book made me feel all the feelings. That would be a great review for a fiction book. This is of course, nonfiction. I'm not sure I wanted to feel some of these things as they pertain to the extreme realness of death. Even though it was really interesting, I couldn't in good conscience recommend the book to others.

Also, now I really want to be the classroom skeleton after death though that seems to be nearly impossible these days.

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