Bibliophile 0.013--Stiff Traditional Cache
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Happy Halloween!
Lucky Thirteenth in a series paying homage to some of our favorite books. This one is for the book Stiff by Mary Roach, which is one of the most interesting books around. Roach is also an amazingly funny and informative (and at the same time even) science writers. Additionally, it is the last of three hides for Halloween. The cache is a smallish platic container. Should be super easy to find and is full of creepy crawly things.
from Amazon.com (book jacket):
Stiff is an oddly compelling, often hilarious exploration of the strange lives of our bodies postmortem. 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 800. For every new surgical procedure, from heart transplants to gender reassignment surgery, cadavers have been there alongside surgeons, making history in their quiet way.
In this fascinating, ennobling account, Mary Roach visits the good deeds of cadavers over the centuries—from the anatomy labs and human-sourced pharmacies of medieval and nineteenth-century Europe to a human decay research facility in Tennessee, to a plastic surgery practice lab, to a Scandinavian funeral directors' conference on human composting. In her droll, inimitable voice, Roach tells the engrossing story of our bodies when we are no longer with them.
CONGRATS TO KEDGE ON FTF!
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