Can a person think herself to orgasm? Can a dead man get an erection? Is vaginal orgasm a myth? Why doesn't Viagra help women-or, for that matter, pandas? In Bonk, 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 slowly make the bedroom a more satisfying place. In Bonk, the best-selling author of Stiff turns her outrageous curiosity and insight on the most alluring scientific subject of all: sex. Mary Roach, 'the funniest science writer in the country' (Burkhard Bilger of The New Yorker ), devoted the past two years to stepping behind those doors. The research has taken place behind the closed doors of laboratories, brothels, MRI centers, pig farms, sex-toy R&D labs, and Alfred Kinsey's attic. In Bonk, the best-selling author of Stiff turns her outrageous curiosity and insight on the most alluring scientific subject of all: sex.

The study of sexual physiology-what happens, and why, and how to make it happen better-has been a paying career or a diverting sideline for scientists as far-ranging as Leonardo da Vinci and James Watson.

The best-selling author of Stiff turns her outrageous curiosity and infectious wit on the most alluring scientific subject of all: sex. It’s compulsively readable. The study of sexual physiology-what happens, and why, and how to make it happen better-has been a paying career. Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex 13.99 Type: Books Add to Cart Pickup available at Orbit DVD Usually ready in 24 hours View store information 'Rich in dexterous innuendo, laugh-out-loud humor and illuminating fact.

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