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Callahan takes the reader on a fascinating trip defining and clarifying how people, wood lice, clown fish, and various other forms procreate and create their own concept of self. Rather like Mary Roach, Callahan has a knack for writing about scientific topics for the general reader. . . As proven in his other works, Callahan is a genuine storyteller who seamlessly combines scientific concepts with everyday life, giving his readers fascintating knowledge in an iminently readable book. Lynn Evarts, ForeWord Reviews

By eloquently combining personal stories and accessible scientific information, Callahan presents and illuminating discussion of who we are and what our place is in the world. Lousy Sex is definitely a fun, quick and thought-provoking read. Tara J. Cepon Robins, American Journal of Human Biology

Callahan takes the reader on a fascinating trip defining and clarifying how people, wood lice, clown fish, and various other forms procreate and create their own concept of self. Rather like Mary Roach, Callahan has a knack for writing about scientific topics for the general reader. . . As proven in his other works, Callahan is a genuine storyteller who seamlessly combines scientific concepts with everyday life, giving his readers fascintating knowledge in an iminently readable book. --Lynn Evarts, ForeWord Reviews

This collection of essays is highly accessible and will be of interest to both professionals and diletantes. I recommend it to every 'man and alewife' (read the book). --Clint Kelly, The Quaterly Review of Biology By eloquently combining personal stories and accessible scientific information, Callahan presents and illuminating discussion of who we are and what our place is in the world. Lousy Sex is definitely a fun, quick and thought-provoking read. --Tara J. Cepon Robins, American Journal of Human Biology Callahan takes the reader on a fascinating trip defining and clarifying how people, wood lice, clown fish, and various other forms procreate and create their own concept of self. Rather like Mary Roach, Callahan has a knack for writing about scientific topics for the general reader. . . As proven in his other works, Callahan is a genuine storyteller who seamlessly combines scientific concepts with everyday life, giving his readers fascintating knowledge in an iminently readable book. --Lynn Evarts, ForeWord Reviews Lousy Sex attempts to answer the ages-old question of what is self, but instead becomes a fascinating memoir that fuses science and philosophy into a poignant portrait of the human self . . . Callahan's prose is more poetic than scientific. He imbues a sense of wonder in his subject while punctuating how entwined our biological and psychological halves are to one another--destruction of one leads to a sense of loss for the other. --Nancy Powell, Shelf Awareness This collection of essays is highly accessible and will be of interest to both professionals and diletantes. I recommend it to every 'man and alewife' (read the book). Clint Kelly, The Quaterly Review of Biology By eloquently combining personal stories and accessible scientific information, Callahan presents and illuminating discussion of who we are and what our place is in the world. Lousy Sex is definitely a fun, quick and thought-provoking read. Tara J. Cepon Robins, American Journal of Human Biology Callahan takes the reader on a fascinating trip defining and clarifying how people, wood lice, clown fish, and various other forms procreate and create their own concept of self. Rather like Mary Roach, Callahan has a knack for writing about scientific topics for the general reader. . . As proven in his other works, Callahan is a genuine storyteller who seamlessly combines scientific concepts with everyday life, giving his readers fascintating knowledge in an iminently readable book. Lynn Evarts, ForeWord Reviews Lousy Sex attempts to answer the ages-old question of what is self, but instead becomes a fascinating memoir that fuses science and philosophy into a poignant portrait of the human self . . . Callahan's prose is more poetic than scientific. He imbues a sense of wonder in his subject while punctuating how entwined our biological and psychological halves are to one another destruction of one leads to a sense of loss for the other. Nancy Powell, Shelf Awareness

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Gerald N. Callahan is a professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology and the Department of English at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, where he lives with his wife and dog. He is the author of Between XX and XY: Intersexuality and the Myth of Two Sexes; Faith, Madness, and Spontaneous Human Combustion: What Immunology Can Teach Us about Self-Perception; Infection: The Uninvited Universe; and River Odyssey: A Story of the Colorado Plateau.

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