Comments on: Reading Bonk http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/04/13/bonk-reading-schedule/ Where science collides with life, slams into culture, crashes with politics, and gets totaled. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:40:39 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Ashutosh http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/04/13/bonk-reading-schedule/comment-page-1/#comment-15702 Ashutosh Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:41:06 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/04/13/bonk-reading-schedule/#comment-15702 For all the women out there (and more than one man) I would strongly recommend Elisabeth Lloyd's "The Case of the Female Orgasm: Bias in the Science of Evolution" which demolishes 21 theories advanced to explain the function of the female orgasm. For all the women out there (and more than one man) I would strongly recommend Elisabeth Lloyd’s “The Case of the Female Orgasm: Bias in the Science of Evolution” which demolishes 21 theories advanced to explain the function of the female orgasm.

]]> By: Sheril Kirshenbaum http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/04/13/bonk-reading-schedule/comment-page-1/#comment-15662 Sheril Kirshenbaum Mon, 13 Apr 2009 23:57:09 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/04/13/bonk-reading-schedule/#comment-15662 <blockquote>For an equally funny read with a perspective from the insect world, I recommend “Dr. Tatiana’s Sex Advice to All Creation” by evolutionary biologist Olivia Judson.</blockquote> Agreed. It's delightfully fun.

For an equally funny read with a perspective from the insect world, I recommend “Dr. Tatiana’s Sex Advice to All Creation” by evolutionary biologist Olivia Judson.

Agreed. It’s delightfully fun.

]]> By: Monica Metzler http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/04/13/bonk-reading-schedule/comment-page-1/#comment-15661 Monica Metzler Mon, 13 Apr 2009 23:32:47 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/04/13/bonk-reading-schedule/#comment-15661 It's a great read. Mary Roach has a terrific sense of humor and writing style. For an equally funny read with a perspective from the insect world, I recommend "Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation" by evolutionary biologist Olivia Judson. I read both of those last year and then just recently watched "Kinsey". Those three different takes on similar topic are a great 'combo platter.' It’s a great read. Mary Roach has a terrific sense of humor and writing style. For an equally funny read with a perspective from the insect world, I recommend “Dr. Tatiana’s Sex Advice to All Creation” by evolutionary biologist Olivia Judson. I read both of those last year and then just recently watched “Kinsey”. Those three different takes on similar topic are a great ‘combo platter.’

]]> By: Ashutosh http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/04/13/bonk-reading-schedule/comment-page-1/#comment-15655 Ashutosh Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:07:32 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/04/13/bonk-reading-schedule/#comment-15655 Stiff is great. You should also read the original classics "Sexual Behaviour in the Human Male" and "Sexual Behavior in the Human Female". They are both compelling and intellectually...umm...stimulating. Stiff is great. You should also read the original classics “Sexual Behaviour in the Human Male” and “Sexual Behavior in the Human Female”. They are both compelling and intellectually…umm…stimulating.

]]> By: thingsbreak http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/04/13/bonk-reading-schedule/comment-page-1/#comment-15653 thingsbreak Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:22:14 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/04/13/bonk-reading-schedule/#comment-15653 I liked it, although I have to say that Stiff remains my favorite of her books. I would definitely place this one ahead of Spook. I liked it, although I have to say that Stiff remains my favorite of her books. I would definitely place this one ahead of Spook.

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