Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex

by mary roach | Science |
ISBN: 0393069214 Global Overview for this book
Registered by BooksandMusic of Seattle, Washington USA on 10/30/2020
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2 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by BooksandMusic from Seattle, Washington USA on Friday, October 30, 2020
Fascinating and entertaining. I just had no idea about all this research going on. Mary's sense of humor kept the subject light and interesting.

Journal Entry 2 by BooksandMusic at Seattle, Washington USA on Monday, November 2, 2020
I am putting this into the nonfiction VBB run by booklady331

Journal Entry 3 by wingBkind2bookswing at Clarksville, Tennessee USA on Wednesday, June 30, 2021
Arrived today! Thanks for sharing this with me. I look forward to reading it.

Journal Entry 4 by wingBkind2bookswing at Clarksville, Tennessee USA on Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Different cover.

Science and sex - it's not what you might think.

You might think it's tongue-hanging-out researchers looking for a bit of vicarious pleasure. Nope.
You might think it's about the subjects. While some are characters, most are regular folks.

This is actually a somewhat humorous look at both the history of sex research (nope, it didn't just start with Kinsey and Masters & Johnson) and some of the current research into the hows and whys of sex (mostly involving humans - but some involving monkeys, pigs, and other animals). In the course of the book, the author examines a number of subjects including fertility and surgical corrections of both male and female sex organs. (The description of male surgery is cringe-inducing and I don't even have those parts. Yikes!) It is also interesting to see how researchers did the actual experiments - "coital imaging" and implantation of animal testicles are just some of the tests. This is not too clinical and there is more than a little humor here, much of it is in the not-to-missed footnotes.

Journal Entry 5 by wingBkind2bookswing at Clarksville, Tennessee USA on Tuesday, September 26, 2023
Reserving for NF VBB

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