Publication

2000-02-15 - Anchor

Language

English

Word Count

116,000 words, Guess

Page Count

464 pages

Identifiers

  • Internet Archivewoman00nata
  • ISBN-100385498411
  • ISBN-139780385498418
  • Goodreads60885
  • Library of Congress Control Number99047764
and 2 more

Classifications

  • LCCQP38 .A54 2000
  • LCCQP38 .A54 1999

Description

Natalie Angier lifts the veil of secrecy from that most enigmatic of evolutionary masterpieces, the female body, exploring the essence of what it means to be a woman. Angier takes on everything from organs (breasts "are funny things, really, and we should learn to laugh at them") to orgasm (happily for women, the clitoris has 8,000 nerve fibers, twice the number in the penis). Also delving into topics such as exercise and menopause, female aggression and evolutionary psychologists' faddish views of "female nature," she creates a joyful, fresh vision of womanhood.

First Sentence

PUT A FEW ADULTS in a room with a sweet-tempered infant, and you may as well leave a tub of butter sitting out in the midday sun.

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Other Editions

  • Woman: An Intimate GeographyAnchor2000-02-15
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