Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex

Author: Mary Roach
ISBN: 9780393334791

“Rich in dexterous innuendo, laugh-out-loud humor and illuminating fact. It’s 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.

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publish Date: 2009-04-06

Subjects: Science / Life Sciences / Biology, Psychology / Human Sexuality, Language Arts & Disciplines / Journalism, Science / Life Sciences / Human Anatomy & Physiology

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Women's Center (Location: Sexuality)