Is There a Doctor in the House? Finally, answers to all those strange questions you'd like to ask your own doctor but haven't had the guts (or more likely the time) to do so. If you've ever wanted to ask a doctor . . . How do people in wheelchairs have sex? Why do I get a killer headache when I suck down my milkshake too fast? Can I lose my contact lens inside my head forever? Why does asparagus make my pee smell? Why do old people grow hair on their ears? Is the old adage "beer before liquor, never sicker, liquor before beer. . .," really true? . . .then Why Do Men Have Nipples? is the book for you. Compiled by Billy Goldberg, an emergency medicine physician, and Mark Leyner, bestselling author and well-known satirist, Why Do Men Have Nipples? offers real factual and really funny answers to some of the big questions about the oddities of our bodies.
马克·雷纳,美国著名畅销书作家,以博学多识和幽默诙谐见长。其主要作品有:《我的弟弟,我的胃肠科医生》、《热狗上的齿痕》、《我闻见了埃丝特·威廉斯》、《还有你,宝贝》和《布干维尔岛的绳球》等。他还为众多电影和电视剧写过剧本,他的文章定期发表于《纽约客》、《时代周刊》等报刊上。
中国人一提起知识就容易严肃。这本书则是用插科打诨的方式传播了一些知识,也不高深,跟火星火箭GDP都无关,不过是关于我们的身体,纠了一些偏,补了一些白,而已。 信息量还是比较大的,准确度还是比较高的,可读性还是相当有的,适合于睡觉前/如厕时,轻松不累,一笑而过,...
评分看完EQ之后,有些大脑疲倦,于是转向了这本书。 看的过程中果然很轻松,两个作者很懂得如何插科打诨,颇有点talk show的味道,而且这本书上常常会有一些很可爱的表情,呵呵 重点呢,也学到了一些可以拿来炫耀和的知识和确实有用的生活常识,炫耀的就罢了,全书都是,有用的生...
评分P110,雷纳和戈德堡铁了心要让这本《男人为什么有乳头》成为厕所读物。放低身段算有好下场,美国人民稀罕这本趣味读物。于是手上有趣的书多了一本,我将它作为《动物必须刷牙吗》一书的猿人版。一本向内追问,一本向外扩张。 对我们自己的身体,大概只会怯怯地问是不是有病。...
评分建议看英文原文。 这里只对照中文和英文的引子(Introduction)部分。 This book is an attempt to rectify this unfortunate situation. Inside these pages we will begin to answer some of the medical questions that real people ask. Pressing questions such as “Wh...
评分这本书是本百科类或者科普类读物,但他的问题解答得相当有趣。也许很多人都不好意思问到的问题,这里有详细的解答。 不过现在网络发达了,也就不需要问谁了。可是在书中提到有趣的问题你可不一定能想出来,所以说这本书还是不错的,既有趣味又增长见识。