BONK THE CURIOUS COUPLING OF SEX AND SCIENCE

THE STUDY OF SEXUAL PHYSIOLOGY - WHAT HAPPENS, AND WHY, AND HOW TO MAKE IT HAPPEN BETTER - HAS BEEN A PAYING CAREER OR A DIVERTING SIDELINE FOR SCIENTISTS AS FAR-RANGING AS LEONARDO DA VINCI, JAMES WATSON AND NAPOLEON BONAPARTE'S GREAT GRAND-NIECE MARIE. THE RESEARCH HAS TAKEN PLACE BEHIND THE CLOSED DOORS OF LABORATORIES, BROTHELS, MRI CENTRES, PIG FARMS, SEX TOY R&D LABS AND ALFRED KINSEY'S ATTIC. MARY ROACH DEVOTED THE PAST TWO YEARS TO STEPPING BEHIND THOSE DOORS. THE RESULT IS "BONK" EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW BUT COULDN'T IMAGINE THAT SOMEONE IN A WHITE LAB COAT HAD STUDIED. CAN A PERSON THINK HERSELF TO ORGASM? CAN A DEAD MAN GET AN ERECTION? CAN KEGELING CURE ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION? CAN BROADWAY MUSICALS CAUSE IT? IS VAGINAL ORGASM A MYTH? IF YOU CAN TRANSPLANT A FACE, THEN WHY NOT A PENIS? WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU SURGICALLY RELOCATE YOUR CLITORIS? WHY DOESN'T VIAGRA HELP WOMEN - OR, FOR THAT MATTER, PANDAS? DOES ORGASM BOOST FERTILITY? CURE HICCUPS? DO THE EARLOBES SWELL DURING