In 2008, Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex, was a New York Times Top 10 Bestseller as well as a New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice it was a San Francisco Chronicle #1 bestseller and made it to the Boston Sunday Globe′s Top 5 Science Books. A doctor looks on during the experiment, making suggestions, and finally telling Ed that he 'may ejaculate now'. In the book, Roach describes a session in which she and Ed, her husband, volunteer to have sex while being recorded by a groundbreaking 4D ultrasound, in the interests of science. Her footnotes provide additional humor: as in a sentence that includes several DSM diagnoses listed as acronyms, she adds, 'And from HAFD (hyperactive acronym formation disorder)'.

Of the book's numerous accounts, Roach discusses artificial insemination of sows in Denmark, the history of sex machines, and provides commentary on Alfred Kinsey's notorious attic sex experiments. Throughout, Mary Roach provides a humorous and often very personal view-both as a participant and observer-of humans, scientists, animals, and sex machines. It follows the winding history of science and its exploration of human sexuality, going back as far as Aristotle and finally ending with recent discoveries about the origination and anatomy of the female orgasm. Promo codes, coupons, special online offers and promotions, VIP or member's discount cannot be used in conjunction with this item.Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex is a 2008 book by Mary Roach. Promo codes, coupons, special online offers and promotions, VIP or member's discount cannot be used in conjunction with this item.ĭIMENSION : 211 mm x 140 mm WEIGHT : 261 g PRODUCT CATEGORY : Health, Relationships & Personal development * This is a fixed price item. Health, Relationships & Personal development 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. In ?Bonk, ?the best-selling author of Stiff turns her outrageous curiosity and insight on the most alluring scientific subject of all: sex. Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes Reference, Information & Interdisciplinary subjects

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