Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex

ISBN: 0393334791

Author: Roach, Mary

Condition: Used

A New York Times BestsellerRich in dexterous innuendo, laugh-out-loud humor and illuminating fact. Its compulsively readable. -Los Angeles Times Book Review In ?Bonk, ?the best-selling author of Stiff turns her outrageous curiosity and insight on the most alluring scientific subject of all: sex. Can a person think herself to orgasm? Why doesn't Viagra help women-or, for that matter, pandas? Can a dead man get an erection? Is vaginal orgasm a myth? Mary 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 make the bedroom a more satisfying place. 16 illustrations