Tag: Science

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by Caitlin Doughty

Review: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty

June 10, 2021

“Accepting death doesn’t mean you won’t be devastated when someone you love dies. It means you will be able to focus on your grief, unburdened by bigger existential questions like, “Why do people die?” and “Why is this happening to me?” Death isn’t happening to you. Death is happening to us all.” In this eye-opening, … More Review: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty

Cover for Stiff The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach

Review: Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach

May 30, 2021

“Death. It doesn’t have to be boring.” In this informative and hilarious book, Mary Roach discusses the lives of cadavers from past to present. With detailed descriptions of experimentations, organ donation, and other options that can happen to cadavers, she takes us on a journey of the human body after death, but only if you … More Review: Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach