![]() ![]() To venture beyond the abdominal wall, even a plastic one, was to pull back the curtain on life itself.” The author begins by detailing the subtle, complex role the nose plays in taste why humans have trouble finding names for flavors and smells and how the human nose can be thought of as a “fleshly gas chromatograph.” Roach chronicles her visit to an oral processing lab and her interview with a prisoner who patiently explained the intimate details of utilizing the alimentary canal for illegal purposes. ![]() ![]() Claflin’s educational torso man….Yet I owe the guy a debt of thanks. The author ties her curiosity about this region of the body and what many consider a disgusting or off-limits subject for polite conversation to a fifth-grade classroom encounter with a headless, limbless, molded-plastic torso: “Function was not hinted at in Mrs. Throughout her sojourn down the gastrointestinal tract, science writer Roach ( Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void, 2011 , etc.) enlists her abundant assets of intelligence and humor while dissecting this messy and astounding part of the human body. ![]()
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