book source

The book that caught my eye had to be "Why do men have nipples?" by Doctor Mark Leyner and Doctor Billy Goldberg.

The book is simply a series of answers to a number of myths or questions people have been asking for years. The reason i chose this source was because i could see that it could relate to students as well as older generations. In the old days, there were always myths about what could happen to a human being depending on the situation. In the old days, you were given one opinion and one opinion only. There were no subjects of question. For example, during the salem witch trials there was no question whether you were a witch or not because if u were thought of being a witch, you'd be put to death.

In the old days there was no media, there was no technology, there were no ways of second to second communication. So in no way could these people ever be able to see or believe in a world that would allow such a new way of living.

There were a couple of humorous yet interesting questions in the book that these doctors were able to answer. For example there was a question that came from an old wives tale. The question was "Is it dangerous to hold a sneeze?". Naturally now, it is obvious that one's head will not exploded if he or she holds their sneeze. Yet because of technology with change in time, it was able to discover this finding and solve this old tale. This book is a great source because its an example of such a world we've come to live in. Because of technology, our doctors are able to answer questions that would most likely be looked at as witchcraft of blasphemy in past years yet we have come dependent on technology to answer these sort of questions that no one would actually depend on to survive.