The Proper Care and Feeding of Zombies A Completely Scientific Guide to the Lives of the Undead

by Montandon, Mac

• ISBN13: 9780470643693
• ISBN10: 0470643692
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780470907252
• Edition: Original
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-09-07
• Publisher: Wiley
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Summary

A scientific look at zombies-the ultimate guide to how the other half lives (or not)How fast and far would a zombie infection spread? What would a nutritionist say about an all-brain diet? Why are the undead so pissed off? Here are the answers to all of your essential zombie questions (you know you've asked them), with a lively, science-based exploration of every aspect of the undead. First book to examine the possible science of our undead brethren, from what a zombie brain looks like to why zombies don't get fat Fact-based approach-looks at zombies through the lens of real science Perfect gift for zombies (assuming they could read) and zombie-philesDripping with great zombie factoids and insights, The Proper Care and Feeding of Zombies will flesh out your understanding of the living dead.

Author Biography

MAC MONTANDON shares his home with a variety of beloved, murderous zombie companions. He is co-author of Suck It, Wonder Woman: The Misadventures of a Hollywood Geek with Olivia Munn, author of Jetpack Dreams: One Man's Up and Down (but Mostly Down) Search for the Greatest Invention That Never Was and editor of Innocent When You Dream: The Tom Waits Reader.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Killing Time: Zombie Quiz

Know thy Enemy

What does a zombie brain look like? The neurobiology of zombies

Serve with a Chilled Pinot Gross

The benefits and hazards of an all-brain-and-human-flesh diet

Killing Time: Sautéed Brain with Savoy Cabbage, Finger Pieces, and a Rich Blood Sauce

Earth Worms Are Easy

What's really left of a dead body after a few weeks in the ground? A lot or a little?

Sex and the Single Zombie

The undead are far from the only organisms that reproduce asexually, but are they the scariest?

Unsafe at Any Speed

Why zombies walk (and stalk) before they run

Killing Time: The Seven-Day Zombie Workout

What They Don't Teach You in Health Class

How fast and how far will a zombie infection spread? Is a zombie apocalypse truly possible? The science of the infected

Do Zombies Dream of Undead Sheep?

Not only are zombies undead, they are massively unslept. An exploration into the science of sleep

Bee Afraid, Bee Very Afraid

Examining real-life parasites that turn their victims into mindless zombies

Fear and Loathing in Zombietown

Mass hysteria, post-traumatic stress disorder, and the undead

Killing Time: Mad Limbs #1

War of the Weirds

How do the undead hunt? How do humans flee? What being attacked by a rabid dog and living life like a slave-making ant can teach us about surviving a zombie outbreak

Attack of the Mutant Zombies!

What can we learn from ghouls about mutation and radiation?

You Gotta Shoot 'em in the Head!

On ballistics, physics, recoil, zombies, and you

Killing Time: Mad Limbs #2

Notes

Index

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