About this title: WOMAN is a tour-de-force of anatomy, evolution, and several other sciences, as well as psychology, that pays close attention to women's bodies in an instructive and entertaining manner. Angier has been a Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer for the New York Times.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Date Published: 1999-04-01
ISBN-13:9780395691304ISBN:0395691303
Description: Very Good in Good jacket. VG/G, no tears or chips to the DJ, some pink coloring to back and spine of DJ, insciption in felt marker on inscription page else interior clean and bright, price clipped, binding tight. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Anchor
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780385498418ISBN:0385498411
Description: Good. A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact (including dustcover, if applicable). The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "from the library of" labels. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780395691304ISBN:0395691303
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket has some edgewear present. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Very Good. read more
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
""...intellegence means that you are not condemned to remain just like yourself."
"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."
"Notoriety was my gnosis, the spirtual truth, but firmer and darker, and my experienced one had to be a woman, for the idea of an experienced man smacked of the satyric. I had no idea how to find Experience; my female professors in college had to maintain a professional distance, and they were worse than mothers and grandmothers in having so many dependents, pupils, to attend to. In any casy, I was terrified of them and felt the weight of my weightlessness, of how little I had to offer in return. I still don't know how to make friends outside the age-concordant span, and I still yearn for the solace it would bring, though the mere image of that coven, and the hope of finding it, are comforts."
"Friendliness can be deeply aggressive, as anybody who has gotten a soliciting phone call at dinnertime can attest: 'How ya doing tonight? Give me money.'""
"This book is a must-read for every woman, and I think especially every young woman. Angier does an incredible job of painting what can at times seem more like a liability than an asset as something to be treasured and celebrated by every person born a woman. The factual information is good and her connections with history and mythology prove enriching and useful to the book. Angier takes what we have learned in health class and not only expands upon it, but makes us feel special for having it. I agree with the review on the back cover that "everyone living in or near a female body should read this book.""
"This was a really fascinating read. Angier is fierce, funny, and erudite. She writes playful, engaging prose and explains scientific concepts, all without any visible effort.
(I started reading this and Catherynne Valente's book at the same time, which is probably why Valente's work struck me as being so strained, while Angier in comparison made it look easy.)
I would love to see an updated version of this, but most of the information is still relevant. Sadly, there have been few changes in the overall attitude of the health care system towards women and women's needs."
"I really, really liked this book for the first four chapters; after that, I think it was just too much. The author is hilarious, which is a real plus when you're discussing the particulars of female anatomy and physiology and its socio-political implications. The book brings up many interesting, debateable topics (with a decidedly humanist-feminist tone); perhaps it was because so many of these issues were left open-ended that I found the book, in the end, not completely satisfying. But worth reading, nonetheless, particularly for women or people who are frequently around women..."
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