false 60885 <![CDATA[Woman: An Intimate Geography]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170552966m/60885.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170552966s/60885.jpg Woman: An Intimate Geography, it's a cause for major celebration. Written with whimsy and eloquence, her investigation into female physiology draws its inspiration not only from scientific and medical sources but also from mythology, history, art, and literature, layering biological factoids with her own personal encounters and arcane anecdotes from the history of science. Who knew, for example, that the clitoris--with 8,000 nerve fibers--packs double the pleasure of the penis; that the gene controlling cellular sensitivity to male androgens, ironically enough, resides on the X-chromosome; or that stress hormones like cortisol and corticosterone are the true precursors of friendship?

The mysteries of evolution are not a new subject for Angier, a Pulitzer Prize-winning biology writer for the New York Times whose previous books include The Beauty of the Beastly and Natural Obsessions. The strengths of Woman begin with Angier's witty and evocative prose style, but its real contribution is the way it expands the definition of female "geography" beyond womb, breasts, and estrogen, down as far as the bimolecular substructure of DNA and up as high as the transcendent infrastructure of the human brain. --Patrizia DiLucchio

]]> 60885 14 2596211 1999 Woman: An Intimate Geography total:997|5:454|4:373|3:129|2:34|1:7| 997 4224 1632 182 34261 4.00 1683 423 12338853 764079 60885 0385498411 9780385498418 171 <![CDATA[Woman: An Intimate Geography]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170552966m/60885.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170552966s/60885.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60885.Woman_An_Intimate_Geography 4.24 948 Woman: An Intimate Geography, it's a cause for major celebration. Written with whimsy and eloquence, her investigation into female physiology draws its inspiration not only from scientific and medical sources but also from mythology, history, art, and literature, layering biological factoids with her own personal encounters and arcane anecdotes from the history of science. Who knew, for example, that the clitoris--with 8,000 nerve fibers--packs double the pleasure of the penis; that the gene controlling cellular sensitivity to male androgens, ironically enough, resides on the X-chromosome; or that stress hormones like cortisol and corticosterone are the true precursors of friendship?

The mysteries of evolution are not a new subject for Angier, a Pulitzer Prize-winning biology writer for the New York Times whose previous books include The Beauty of the Beastly and Natural Obsessions. The strengths of Woman begin with Angier's witty and evocative prose style, but its real contribution is the way it expands the definition of female "geography" beyond womb, breasts, and estrogen, down as far as the bimolecular substructure of DNA and up as high as the transcendent infrastructure of the human brain. --Patrizia DiLucchio

]]> 1999 4 2 false Sat Jan 12 12:09:44 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 12 12:10:11 -0800 2008 more...]]> 130266 7980 76654 0395691303 9780395691304 9 <![CDATA[Woman: An Intimate Geography]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170899598m/76654.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170899598s/76654.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/76654.Woman_An_Intimate_Geography 4.18 38 Woman: An Intimate Geography, it's a cause for major celebration. Written with whimsy and eloquence, her investigation into female physiology draws its inspiration not only from scientific and medical sources but also from mythology, history, art, and literature, layering biological factoids with her own personal encounters and arcane anecdotes from the history of science. Who knew, for example, that the clitoris--with 8,000 nerve fibers--packs double the pleasure of the penis; that the gene controlling cellular sensitivity to male androgens, ironically enough, resides on the X-chromosome; or that stress hormones like cortisol and corticosterone are the true precursors of friendship?

The mysteries of evolution are not a new subject for Angier, a Pulitzer Prize-winning biology writer for the New York Times whose previous books include The Beauty of the Beastly and Natural Obsessions. The strengths of Woman begin with Angier's witty and evocative prose style, but its real contribution is the way it expands the definition of female "geography" beyond womb, breasts, and estrogen, down as far as the bimolecular substructure of DNA and up as high as the transcendent infrastructure of the human brain. --Patrizia DiLucchio

]]> 1999 4 2 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Thu Mar 01 08:25:28 -0800 2007 Wed May 09 11:53:47 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4534159 278544 60885 0385498411 9780385498418 171 <![CDATA[Woman: An Intimate Geography]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170552966m/60885.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170552966s/60885.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60885.Woman_An_Intimate_Geography 4.24 997 Woman: An Intimate Geography, it's a cause for major celebration. Written with whimsy and eloquence, her investigation into female physiology draws its inspiration not only from scientific and medical sources but also from mythology, history, art, and literature, layering biological factoids with her own personal encounters and arcane anecdotes from the history of science. Who knew, for example, that the clitoris--with 8,000 nerve fibers--packs double the pleasure of the penis; that the gene controlling cellular sensitivity to male androgens, ironically enough, resides on the X-chromosome; or that stress hormones like cortisol and corticosterone are the true precursors of friendship?

The mysteries of evolution are not a new subject for Angier, a Pulitzer Prize-winning biology writer for the New York Times whose previous books include The Beauty of the Beastly and Natural Obsessions. The strengths of Woman begin with Angier's witty and evocative prose style, but its real contribution is the way it expands the definition of female "geography" beyond womb, breasts, and estrogen, down as far as the bimolecular substructure of DNA and up as high as the transcendent infrastructure of the human brain. --Patrizia DiLucchio

]]> 1999 5 2 false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Tue Aug 14 09:58:16 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 14 10:00:24 -0700 2007
This book is great and is written with a witty tone to it that only a fellow woman could have. It'...more...]]> 505933 32138 60885 0385498411 9780385498418 171 <![CDATA[Woman: An Intimate Geography]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170552966m/60885.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170552966s/60885.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60885.Woman_An_Intimate_Geography 4.24 997 Woman: An Intimate Geography, it's a cause for major celebration. Written with whimsy and eloquence, her investigation into female physiology draws its inspiration not only from scientific and medical sources but also from mythology, history, art, and literature, layering biological factoids with her own personal encounters and arcane anecdotes from the history of science. Who knew, for example, that the clitoris--with 8,000 nerve fibers--packs double the pleasure of the penis; that the gene controlling cellular sensitivity to male androgens, ironically enough, resides on the X-chromosome; or that stress hormones like cortisol and corticosterone are the true precursors of friendship?

The mysteries of evolution are not a new subject for Angier, a Pulitzer Prize-winning biology writer for the New York Times whose previous books include The Beauty of the Beastly and Natural Obsessions. The strengths of Woman begin with Angier's witty and evocative prose style, but its real contribution is the way it expands the definition of female "geography" beyond womb, breasts, and estrogen, down as far as the bimolecular substructure of DNA and up as high as the transcendent infrastructure of the human brain. --Patrizia DiLucchio

]]> 1999 5 1 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Sat Mar 31 00:57:24 -0700 2007 Mon Apr 02 09:20:02 -0700 2007 more...]]> 44555456 1938363 60885 0385498411 9780385498418 171 <![CDATA[Woman: An Intimate Geography]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170552966m/60885.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170552966s/60885.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60885.Woman_An_Intimate_Geography 4.24 997 Woman: An Intimate Geography, it's a cause for major celebration. Written with whimsy and eloquence, her investigation into female physiology draws its inspiration not only from scientific and medical sources but also from mythology, history, art, and literature, layering biological factoids with her own personal encounters and arcane anecdotes from the history of science. Who knew, for example, that the clitoris--with 8,000 nerve fibers--packs double the pleasure of the penis; that the gene controlling cellular sensitivity to male androgens, ironically enough, resides on the X-chromosome; or that stress hormones like cortisol and corticosterone are the true precursors of friendship?

The mysteries of evolution are not a new subject for Angier, a Pulitzer Prize-winning biology writer for the New York Times whose previous books include The Beauty of the Beastly and Natural Obsessions. The strengths of Woman begin with Angier's witty and evocative prose style, but its real contribution is the way it expands the definition of female "geography" beyond womb, breasts, and estrogen, down as far as the bimolecular substructure of DNA and up as high as the transcendent infrastructure of the human brain. --Patrizia DiLucchio

]]> 1999 4 0 false Tue Jan 27 14:48:31 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 14:48:36 -0800 2009 From fascinating facts to blatant speculation..., August 3, 2002


I was intensely interested in reading this book when it first came out, and finally got around to it. From the beginning, Ms. Angier makes it c...more...]]> 41235155 938217 60885 0385498411 9780385498418 171 <![CDATA[Woman: An Intimate Geography]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170552966m/60885.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170552966s/60885.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60885.Woman_An_Intimate_Geography 4.24 997 Woman: An Intimate Geography, it's a cause for major celebration. Written with whimsy and eloquence, her investigation into female physiology draws its inspiration not only from scientific and medical sources but also from mythology, history, art, and literature, layering biological factoids with her own personal encounters and arcane anecdotes from the history of science. Who knew, for example, that the clitoris--with 8,000 nerve fibers--packs double the pleasure of the penis; that the gene controlling cellular sensitivity to male androgens, ironically enough, resides on the X-chromosome; or that stress hormones like cortisol and corticosterone are the true precursors of friendship?

The mysteries of evolution are not a new subject for Angier, a Pulitzer Prize-winning biology writer for the New York Times whose previous books include The Beauty of the Beastly and Natural Obsessions. The strengths of Woman begin with Angier's witty and evocative prose style, but its real contribution is the way it expands the definition of female "geography" beyond womb, breasts, and estrogen, down as far as the bimolecular substructure of DNA and up as high as the transcendent infrastructure of the human brain. --Patrizia DiLucchio

]]> 1999 5 0 false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 18:10:06 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 18:17:58 -0800 2008 2+ (I've read "Cheap Meat" repeatedly) more...]]> 1032393 74817 60885 0385498411 9780385498418 171 <![CDATA[Woman: An Intimate Geography]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170552966m/60885.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170552966s/60885.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60885.Woman_An_Intimate_Geography 4.24 997 Woman: An Intimate Geography, it's a cause for major celebration. Written with whimsy and eloquence, her investigation into female physiology draws its inspiration not only from scientific and medical sources but also from mythology, history, art, and literature, layering biological factoids with her own personal encounters and arcane anecdotes from the history of science. Who knew, for example, that the clitoris--with 8,000 nerve fibers--packs double the pleasure of the penis; that the gene controlling cellular sensitivity to male androgens, ironically enough, resides on the X-chromosome; or that stress hormones like cortisol and corticosterone are the true precursors of friendship?

The mysteries of evolution are not a new subject for Angier, a Pulitzer Prize-winning biology writer for the New York Times whose previous books include The Beauty of the Beastly and Natural Obsessions. The strengths of Woman begin with Angier's witty and evocative prose style, but its real contribution is the way it expands the definition of female "geography" beyond womb, breasts, and estrogen, down as far as the bimolecular substructure of DNA and up as high as the transcendent infrastructure of the human brain. --Patrizia DiLucchio

]]> 1999 5 1 false Fri May 04 10:37:08 -0700 2007 Fri May 04 10:39:07 -0700 2007 more...]]> 43545118 1926161 76654 0395691303 9780395691304 9 <![CDATA[Woman: An Intimate Geography]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170899598m/76654.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170899598s/76654.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/76654.Woman_An_Intimate_Geography 4.24 997 Woman: An Intimate Geography, it's a cause for major celebration. Written with whimsy and eloquence, her investigation into female physiology draws its inspiration not only from scientific and medical sources but also from mythology, history, art, and literature, layering biological factoids with her own personal encounters and arcane anecdotes from the history of science. Who knew, for example, that the clitoris--with 8,000 nerve fibers--packs double the pleasure of the penis; that the gene controlling cellular sensitivity to male androgens, ironically enough, resides on the X-chromosome; or that stress hormones like cortisol and corticosterone are the true precursors of friendship?

The mysteries of evolution are not a new subject for Angier, a Pulitzer Prize-winning biology writer for the New York Times whose previous books include The Beauty of the Beastly and Natural Obsessions. The strengths of Woman begin with Angier's witty and evocative prose style, but its real contribution is the way it expands the definition of female "geography" beyond womb, breasts, and estrogen, down as far as the bimolecular substructure of DNA and up as high as the transcendent infrastructure of the human brain. --Patrizia DiLucchio

]]> 1999 3 0 false Tue Jan 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 22:44:58 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 22:16:01 -0800 2009
Although I never liked her writing style, the information presented in the first half was well worth working th...more...]]> 69863840 710790 60885 0385498411 9780385498418 171 <![CDATA[Woman: An Intimate Geography]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170552966m/60885.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170552966s/60885.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60885.Woman_An_Intimate_Geography 4.24 997 Woman: An Intimate Geography, it's a cause for major celebration. Written with whimsy and eloquence, her investigation into female physiology draws its inspiration not only from scientific and medical sources but also from mythology, history, art, and literature, layering biological factoids with her own personal encounters and arcane anecdotes from the history of science. Who knew, for example, that the clitoris--with 8,000 nerve fibers--packs double the pleasure of the penis; that the gene controlling cellular sensitivity to male androgens, ironically enough, resides on the X-chromosome; or that stress hormones like cortisol and corticosterone are the true precursors of friendship?

The mysteries of evolution are not a new subject for Angier, a Pulitzer Prize-winning biology writer for the New York Times whose previous books include The Beauty of the Beastly and Natural Obsessions. The strengths of Woman begin with Angier's witty and evocative prose style, but its real contribution is the way it expands the definition of female "geography" beyond womb, breasts, and estrogen, down as far as the bimolecular substructure of DNA and up as high as the transcendent infrastructure of the human brain. --Patrizia DiLucchio

]]> 1999 4 0 false Wed Sep 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 17:35:48 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 15:00:12 -0700 2009
"Okay, maybe we shouldn't read too much into fluffernutter entertainment. But if you think it's sweet and harmless and you keep eating it, one day you wake up and all your teeth have fallen out...more...]]> 1440841 98505 60885 0385498411 9780385498418 171 <![CDATA[Woman: An Intimate Geography]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170552966m/60885.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170552966s/60885.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60885.Woman_An_Intimate_Geography 4.24 997 Woman: An Intimate Geography, it's a cause for major celebration. Written with whimsy and eloquence, her investigation into female physiology draws its inspiration not only from scientific and medical sources but also from mythology, history, art, and literature, layering biological factoids with her own personal encounters and arcane anecdotes from the history of science. Who knew, for example, that the clitoris--with 8,000 nerve fibers--packs double the pleasure of the penis; that the gene controlling cellular sensitivity to male androgens, ironically enough, resides on the X-chromosome; or that stress hormones like cortisol and corticosterone are the true precursors of friendship?

The mysteries of evolution are not a new subject for Angier, a Pulitzer Prize-winning biology writer for the New York Times whose previous books include The Beauty of the Beastly and Natural Obsessions. The strengths of Woman begin with Angier's witty and evocative prose style, but its real contribution is the way it expands the definition of female "geography" beyond womb, breasts, and estrogen, down as far as the bimolecular substructure of DNA and up as high as the transcendent infrastructure of the human brain. --Patrizia DiLucchio

]]> 1999 5 1 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Fri May 25 10:05:22 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 20:05:46 -0800 2009 50874301 2088050 60885 0385498411 9780385498418 171 <![CDATA[Woman: An Intimate Geography]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170552966m/60885.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170552966s/60885.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60885.Woman_An_Intimate_Geography 4.24 997 Woman: An Intimate Geography, it's a cause for major celebration. Written with whimsy and eloquence, her investigation into female physiology draws its inspiration not only from scientific and medical sources but also from mythology, history, art, and literature, layering biological factoids with her own personal encounters and arcane anecdotes from the history of science. Who knew, for example, that the clitoris--with 8,000 nerve fibers--packs double the pleasure of the penis; that the gene controlling cellular sensitivity to male androgens, ironically enough, resides on the X-chromosome; or that stress hormones like cortisol and corticosterone are the true precursors of friendship?

The mysteries of evolution are not a new subject for Angier, a Pulitzer Prize-winning biology writer for the New York Times whose previous books include The Beauty of the Beastly and Natural Obsessions. The strengths of Woman begin with Angier's witty and evocative prose style, but its real contribution is the way it expands the definition of female "geography" beyond womb, breasts, and estrogen, down as far as the bimolecular substructure of DNA and up as high as the transcendent infrastructure of the human brain. --Patrizia DiLucchio

]]> 1999 3 0 false Sun Mar 29 20:23:40 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 20:29:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 56071151 878571 60885 0385498411 9780385498418 171 <![CDATA[Woman: An Intimate Geography]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170552966m/60885.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170552966s/60885.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60885.Woman_An_Intimate_Geography 4.24 997 Woman: An Intimate Geography, it's a cause for major celebration. Written with whimsy and eloquence, her investigation into female physiology draws its inspiration not only from scientific and medical sources but also from mythology, history, art, and literature, layering biological factoids with her own personal encounters and arcane anecdotes from the history of science. Who knew, for example, that the clitoris--with 8,000 nerve fibers--packs double the pleasure of the penis; that the gene controlling cellular sensitivity to male androgens, ironically enough, resides on the X-chromosome; or that stress hormones like cortisol and corticosterone are the true precursors of friendship?

The mysteries of evolution are not a new subject for Angier, a Pulitzer Prize-winning biology writer for the New York Times whose previous books include The Beauty of the Beastly and Natural Obsessions. The strengths of Woman begin with Angier's witty and evocative prose style, but its real contribution is the way it expands the definition of female "geography" beyond womb, breasts, and estrogen, down as far as the bimolecular substructure of DNA and up as high as the transcendent infrastructure of the human brain. --Patrizia DiLucchio

]]> 1999 5 0 false Thu May 14 11:11:38 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 11:27:10 -0700 2009
(I started reading this and Catherynne Valente's book at the same time, which is probably why Valente's work s...more...]]> 60050025 2429240 60885 0385498411 9780385498418 171 <![CDATA[Woman: An Intimate Geography]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170552966m/60885.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170552966s/60885.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60885.Woman_An_Intimate_Geography 4.24 997 Woman: An Intimate Geography, it's a cause for major celebration. Written with whimsy and eloquence, her investigation into female physiology draws its inspiration not only from scientific and medical sources but also from mythology, history, art, and literature, layering biological factoids with her own personal encounters and arcane anecdotes from the history of science. Who knew, for example, that the clitoris--with 8,000 nerve fibers--packs double the pleasure of the penis; that the gene controlling cellular sensitivity to male androgens, ironically enough, resides on the X-chromosome; or that stress hormones like cortisol and corticosterone are the true precursors of friendship?

The mysteries of evolution are not a new subject for Angier, a Pulitzer Prize-winning biology writer for the New York Times whose previous books include The Beauty of the Beastly and Natural Obsessions. The strengths of Woman begin with Angier's witty and evocative prose style, but its real contribution is the way it expands the definition of female "geography" beyond womb, breasts, and estrogen, down as far as the bimolecular substructure of DNA and up as high as the transcendent infrastructure of the human brain. --Patrizia DiLucchio

]]> 1999 4 0 false Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2000 Wed Jun 17 11:07:05 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 06:48:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 27773154 7358 60885 0385498411 9780385498418 171 <![CDATA[Woman: An Intimate Geography]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170552966m/60885.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170552966s/60885.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60885.Woman_An_Intimate_Geography 4.24 997 Woman: An Intimate Geography, it's a cause for major celebration. Written with whimsy and eloquence, her investigation into female physiology draws its inspiration not only from scientific and medical sources but also from mythology, history, art, and literature, layering biological factoids with her own personal encounters and arcane anecdotes from the history of science. Who knew, for example, that the clitoris--with 8,000 nerve fibers--packs double the pleasure of the penis; that the gene controlling cellular sensitivity to male androgens, ironically enough, resides on the X-chromosome; or that stress hormones like cortisol and corticosterone are the true precursors of friendship?

The mysteries of evolution are not a new subject for Angier, a Pulitzer Prize-winning biology writer for the New York Times whose previous books include The Beauty of the Beastly and Natural Obsessions. The strengths of Woman begin with Angier's witty and evocative prose style, but its real contribution is the way it expands the definition of female "geography" beyond womb, breasts, and estrogen, down as far as the bimolecular substructure of DNA and up as high as the transcendent infrastructure of the human brain. --Patrizia DiLucchio

]]> 1999 4 0 false Fri Jul 25 09:56:08 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 20 07:09:10 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 25 09:56:08 -0700 2008
There is a lot of interesting...more...]]> 18822849 301455 60885 0385498411 9780385498418 171 <![CDATA[Woman: An Intimate Geography]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170552966m/60885.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170552966s/60885.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60885.Woman_An_Intimate_Geography 4.24 997 Woman: An Intimate Geography, it's a cause for major celebration. Written with whimsy and eloquence, her investigation into female physiology draws its inspiration not only from scientific and medical sources but also from mythology, history, art, and literature, layering biological factoids with her own personal encounters and arcane anecdotes from the history of science. Who knew, for example, that the clitoris--with 8,000 nerve fibers--packs double the pleasure of the penis; that the gene controlling cellular sensitivity to male androgens, ironically enough, resides on the X-chromosome; or that stress hormones like cortisol and corticosterone are the true precursors of friendship?

The mysteries of evolution are not a new subject for Angier, a Pulitzer Prize-winning biology writer for the New York Times whose previous books include The Beauty of the Beastly and Natural Obsessions. The strengths of Woman begin with Angier's witty and evocative prose style, but its real contribution is the way it expands the definition of female "geography" beyond womb, breasts, and estrogen, down as far as the bimolecular substructure of DNA and up as high as the transcendent infrastructure of the human brain. --Patrizia DiLucchio

]]> 1999 5 0 false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 27 23:23:21 -0700 2008 Wed May 07 15:09:39 -0700 2008 more...]]> 18621758 71391 60885 0385498411 9780385498418 171 <![CDATA[Woman: An Intimate Geography]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170552966m/60885.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170552966s/60885.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60885.Woman_An_Intimate_Geography 4.24 997 Woman: An Intimate Geography, it's a cause for major celebration. Written with whimsy and eloquence, her investigation into female physiology draws its inspiration not only from scientific and medical sources but also from mythology, history, art, and literature, layering biological factoids with her own personal encounters and arcane anecdotes from the history of science. Who knew, for example, that the clitoris--with 8,000 nerve fibers--packs double the pleasure of the penis; that the gene controlling cellular sensitivity to male androgens, ironically enough, resides on the X-chromosome; or that stress hormones like cortisol and corticosterone are the true precursors of friendship?

The mysteries of evolution are not a new subject for Angier, a Pulitzer Prize-winning biology writer for the New York Times whose previous books include The Beauty of the Beastly and Natural Obsessions. The strengths of Woman begin with Angier's witty and evocative prose style, but its real contribution is the way it expands the definition of female "geography" beyond womb, breasts, and estrogen, down as far as the bimolecular substructure of DNA and up as high as the transcendent infrastructure of the human brain. --Patrizia DiLucchio

]]> 1999 4 0 false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 25 15:40:12 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 25 15:51:23 -0700 2008 more...]]> 17888496 797975 76654 0395691303 9780395691304 9 <![CDATA[Woman: An Intimate Geography]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170899598m/76654.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170899598s/76654.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/76654.Woman_An_Intimate_Geography 4.24 997 Woman: An Intimate Geography, it's a cause for major celebration. Written with whimsy and eloquence, her investigation into female physiology draws its inspiration not only from scientific and medical sources but also from mythology, history, art, and literature, layering biological factoids with her own personal encounters and arcane anecdotes from the history of science. Who knew, for example, that the clitoris--with 8,000 nerve fibers--packs double the pleasure of the penis; that the gene controlling cellular sensitivity to male androgens, ironically enough, resides on the X-chromosome; or that stress hormones like cortisol and corticosterone are the true precursors of friendship?

The mysteries of evolution are not a new subject for Angier, a Pulitzer Prize-winning biology writer for the New York Times whose previous books include The Beauty of the Beastly and Natural Obsessions. The strengths of Woman begin with Angier's witty and evocative prose style, but its real contribution is the way it expands the definition of female "geography" beyond womb, breasts, and estrogen, down as far as the bimolecular substructure of DNA and up as high as the transcendent infrastructure of the human brain. --Patrizia DiLucchio

]]> 1999 4 0 false Wed Jan 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 16 17:06:06 -0700 2008 Sun Jan 18 21:40:36 -0800 2009
This book was much closer to what I was looking for when I read Barbara Ehrenreich's "For Her Own Good." Angier delves into what makes us women -- from the inside out and then back a...more...]]> 16243243 734075 60885 0385498411 9780385498418 171 <![CDATA[Woman: An Intimate Geography]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170552966m/60885.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170552966s/60885.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60885.Woman_An_Intimate_Geography 4.24 997 Woman: An Intimate Geography, it's a cause for major celebration. Written with whimsy and eloquence, her investigation into female physiology draws its inspiration not only from scientific and medical sources but also from mythology, history, art, and literature, layering biological factoids with her own personal encounters and arcane anecdotes from the history of science. Who knew, for example, that the clitoris--with 8,000 nerve fibers--packs double the pleasure of the penis; that the gene controlling cellular sensitivity to male androgens, ironically enough, resides on the X-chromosome; or that stress hormones like cortisol and corticosterone are the true precursors of friendship?

The mysteries of evolution are not a new subject for Angier, a Pulitzer Prize-winning biology writer for the New York Times whose previous books include The Beauty of the Beastly and Natural Obsessions. The strengths of Woman begin with Angier's witty and evocative prose style, but its real contribution is the way it expands the definition of female "geography" beyond womb, breasts, and estrogen, down as far as the bimolecular substructure of DNA and up as high as the transcendent infrastructure of the human brain. --Patrizia DiLucchio

]]> 1999 4 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 24 09:41:28 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 24 09:41:28 -0800 2008 more...]]> 76707692 2890804 60885 0385498411 9780385498418 171 <![CDATA[Woman: An Intimate Geography]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170552966m/60885.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170552966s/60885.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60885.Woman_An_Intimate_Geography 4.24 997 Woman: An Intimate Geography, it's a cause for major celebration. Written with whimsy and eloquence, her investigation into female physiology draws its inspiration not only from scientific and medical sources but also from mythology, history, art, and literature, layering biological factoids with her own personal encounters and arcane anecdotes from the history of science. Who knew, for example, that the clitoris--with 8,000 nerve fibers--packs double the pleasure of the penis; that the gene controlling cellular sensitivity to male androgens, ironically enough, resides on the X-chromosome; or that stress hormones like cortisol and corticosterone are the true precursors of friendship?

The mysteries of evolution are not a new subject for Angier, a Pulitzer Prize-winning biology writer for the New York Times whose previous books include The Beauty of the Beastly and Natural Obsessions. The strengths of Woman begin with Angier's witty and evocative prose style, but its real contribution is the way it expands the definition of female "geography" beyond womb, breasts, and estrogen, down as far as the bimolecular substructure of DNA and up as high as the transcendent infrastructure of the human brain. --Patrizia DiLucchio

]]> 1999 5 0 false Wed Nov 04 11:14:03 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 11:16:28 -0800 2009 more...]]> 19859685 1062392 60885 0385498411 9780385498418 171 <![CDATA[Woman: An Intimate Geography]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170552966m/60885.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170552966s/60885.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60885.Woman_An_Intimate_Geography 4.24 997 Woman: An Intimate Geography, it's a cause for major celebration. Written with whimsy and eloquence, her investigation into female physiology draws its inspiration not only from scientific and medical sources but also from mythology, history, art, and literature, layering biological factoids with her own personal encounters and arcane anecdotes from the history of science. Who knew, for example, that the clitoris--with 8,000 nerve fibers--packs double the pleasure of the penis; that the gene controlling cellular sensitivity to male androgens, ironically enough, resides on the X-chromosome; or that stress hormones like cortisol and corticosterone are the true precursors of friendship?

The mysteries of evolution are not a new subject for Angier, a Pulitzer Prize-winning biology writer for the New York Times whose previous books include The Beauty of the Beastly and Natural Obsessions. The strengths of Woman begin with Angier's witty and evocative prose style, but its real contribution is the way it expands the definition of female "geography" beyond womb, breasts, and estrogen, down as far as the bimolecular substructure of DNA and up as high as the transcendent infrastructure of the human brain. --Patrizia DiLucchio

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