Why Is the Penis … ?

Farrar, Straus & Giroux/Scientific American (July 3, 2012). Available for pre-order now. 

“If David Sedaris were an experimental psychologist, he’d be writing essays very much like these. Bering’s unique blend of scientific knowledge, sense of humor, intellectual courage, and pure literary skill is immediately recognizable; no one writes quite the way Bering does. Read this book. You’ll learn, laugh, and then learn some more.” —Christopher Ryan, co-author of the New York Times bestseller Sex at Dawn

“Bering has an uncanny way with words, an incisive capacity for logical thinking, and a stunning talent for breathing new life and enthusiasm into science.” —Gordon Gallup

“Jesse Bering is the Hunter S. Thompson of science writing, and he is a delight to read—funny, smart, and madly provocative.”—Paul Bloom, Professor, Yale University, and author of How Pleasure Works 

 “Nothing sacred is spared in Jesse Bering’s deft, rivetingly informative and relentlessly hilarious new book. Bering’s addictive curiosity and wry, dexterous humor makes this a collection that’s as funny as it is impossible to put down.” —Violet Blue, tinynibbles.com

“Jesse Bering is the intellectual spawn of Helen Fisher and Oliver Sacks, and Why Is the Penis Shaped Like That? is brainy, informative, compassionate - and hilariously naughty.”  —Amy Dickinson, New York Times bestselling author, syndicated advice columnist and NPR personality.