40 Weeks
What Humans and 81 Other Species Expect When They're Expecting
$32.13
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
11 March 2025
Summary
Matrescene meets the Golden Mole - discover what the animal kingdom expects when it’s expecting
It takes 40 weeks to grow a human baby.
And the relationship between a foetus and a pregnant woman is a little like that of a parasite and its host. One takes and takes, while the other continues to give, risking their health in the process.
Is there a better way?
The Komodo dragon can reproduce via pathogenesis - fertilising it…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529434811 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1529434815 |
| Author: | Anna Blix, Nichola Smalley |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | MacLehose Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 11 March 2025 |
| Weight: | 299g |
| Dimensions: | 26mm x 134mm x 214mm |
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Critics Review
A compulsively interesting and original treatise, combining deeply personal testimony with scientific exactness. Blix takes us on a clear-eyed journey through some intriguing territory; an intellectual and literary delight! – Dr Andy Dobson, author of Flaws of Nature
Reproduction varies wildly across the animal kingdom, and Anna Blix delivers a fascinating and insightful comparison to the complexities of her own, human pregnancy – Nick Caruso, co-author of Does it Fart?
A winner. I doubt I’ll have the pleasure of reading anything better this year * Aftenposten *
Highly entertaining and educational … A joy to read … Blix is a master at making complex science understandable to regular people – Klassekampen
There is no better literature than great non-fiction … The most amazing stories about mating, pregnancy, gender and sexuality * Dagbladet *
Anna Blix
Anna Blix is a biologist, author and political advisor at the Norwegian Parliament. She has long experience as a writer and communicator, and writes a regular column about science for the newspaper Morgenbladet.
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