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Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal

Mary Roach

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#2997 of 3,809 books · #354 in Science & Technology

Shortlisted for the Royal Society Science Book Prize (2014).

Few of us realize what strange wet miracles of science operate inside us after every meal. In her trademark style, Mary Roach investigates the beginning, and end, of our food, addressing such questions as why crunchy food is so appealing, how much we can eat before our stomachs burst, and whether constipation killed Elvis.

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Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN-13
9780393348743
Topics
Digestive systemHuman anatomyFood science

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