Full name: Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex

Author: Mary Roach Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Non Fiction, Science, Humor, Psychology, History Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads eBooks.com LibraryThing ISBNs: 9783596182299 9780393064643 3596182298 0393064646

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 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. 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. 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. 16 illustrations. Similar books: Stiff by Mary Roach Spook by Mary Roach How Sex Works by Sharon Moalem Gulp by Mary Roach Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation by Olivia Judson Sperm Wars by Robin Baker Why Is the Penis Shaped Like That? by Jesse Bering Six Feet Over by Mary Roach Why Is Sex Fun? by Jared Diamond Come as You Are by Emily Nagoski Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words by Randall Munroe Grunt by Mary Roach Why Is Snot Green? by Glenn Murphy Microscopic Monsters by Nick Arnold How To by Randall Munroe Packing for Mars by Mary Roach Spillover by David Quammen Sex at Dawn by Christopher Ryan My Planet by Mary Roach A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson