Woman: An Intimate Geography - Brossura

Angier, Natalie

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ISBN 10: 0544228103 ISBN 13: 9780544228108

Casa editrice: Mariner Books, 2014

Riassunto

National Book Award finalist
A New York Times notable book

"A tour de force, a womderful, entertaining and informative book." —Abraham Verghese,New York Times Book Review

After fifteen years in print, Woman remains an essential guide to everything from organs to orgasms and hormones to hysterectomies. With her characteristic clarity, insight, and sheer exuberance of language, bestselling author Natalie Angier cuts through the still prevalent myths and misinformation surrounding the female body, that most enigmatic of evolutionary masterpieces.Woman is a witty and assured narrative tour de force with a reliable grasp of science.

Updated throughout and with a new introduction bringing readers up to date on the latest science in evolutionary psychology and hormone replacement therapy, this new edition ofWoman reinvigorates Angier’s joyful vision of womanhood.

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· A New York Times notable book   · National Book Award finalist   · Named a best book of the year by the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, People, National Public Radio, Village Voice, and Publishers Weekly   "A tour de force, a wonderful, entertaining and informative book." —Abraham Verghese, The New York Times Book Review   "Angier's Woman is as good as it gets." —Thomas Lynch, Los Angeles Times   "If Our Bodies, Ourselves has become the bible of women's bodies, let Woman: An Intimate Geography be our Shakespeare." —Peggy Orenstein, Elle   "The chief manifesto of the new 'femaleist' thinking." —Barbara Ehrenreich

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National Book Award finalist
A New York Times notable book

“One knows early on one is reading a classic—a text so necessary and abundant and true that all efforts of its kind, for decades before and after it, will be measured by it.”—Thomas Lynch, Los Angeles Times

After fifteen years in print, Woman remains an essential guide to everything from organs to orgasms and hormones to hysterectomies. With her characteristic clarity, insight, and sheer exuberance of language, bestselling author Natalie Angier cuts through the still prevalent myths and misinformation surrounding the female body, that most enigmatic of evolutionary masterpieces. Woman is a witty and assured narrative tour de force with a reliable grasp of science.

Updated throughout and with a new introduction bringing readers up to date on the latest science in evolutionary psychology and hormone replacement therapy, this new edition of Woman reinvigorates Angier’s joyful vision of womanhood.

“Ultimately, this grand tour of the female body provides a new vision of the role of women in the history of our species.”—Washington Post
NATALIE ANGIER is a Pulitzer Prize–winning science columnist for the New York Times. She is the author of The Canon, The Beauty of the Beastly, and Natural Obsessions. She lives outside Washington, D.C.

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• Editore: Mariner Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0544228103
• ISBN 13: 9780544228108
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 478