"Employing the same intense, research-write-refine-repeat approach to Replaceable You as she applied to prior books, Roach interviewed dozens of patients, physicians, pathologists, engineers and scientists. Sometimes participating, mostly listening and observing, she learned firsthand about cutting-edge technologies, progressive studies, real-life patient experiences and the often bone-chilling history behind scientific attempts to recreate components of the impossibly complex human body."
"Roach's previous books had her chewing but not masticating (more on that later) on quirky, icky, funny and fascinating science and topics like what happens to your body just before and after death, sexual psychology including things such as myth-busting real facts about human sexuality. Other explorations in the mucky journey to expulsion that food and liquids take along the alimentary canal or the ramifications to the human body of being rocketed into space suggest Roach will go anywhere in pursuit of science and story."
Two-and-a-half years of immersive research focused on the exploration of human anatomy replacement. Investigation covers cutting-edge technologies, progressive studies, real-life patient experiences, and historical attempts to recreate human body components. Dozens of patients, physicians, pathologists, engineers, and scientists were interviewed. Research combined participation, observation, and documentation of clinical practice and experimental techniques. Coverage spans grotesque and humorous physiological topics, pre- and postmortem processes, sexual psychology, digestion, and effects of spaceflight. Reporting highlights bone-chilling histories, sensational discoveries, practical medical advances, ethical implications, and the technical challenges of recreating the impossibly complex human body.
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