Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

STIFF fascinatingly numerates the many contributions humans have made to science as cadavers. Roach highlights some of the uses the living have found for the dead, such as charting human decay at a center in Tennessee and establishing the certainty of the Shroud of Turin by crucifying a dead body in a Paris research lab. With these investigative tales and more, STIFF breathes new life into the sacrifices the deceased have made for the rest of us.

"Informative, yes; entertaining, absolutely." - (Kirkus, 2/1/03)

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