Dirty Biology: The X-Rated Story of Sex

What is sex? Has it always existed? What purpose doesit serve? Why are there penises and vaginas? These questions are at the verycore of Dirty Biology, an erudite (and hilarious) graphic novel that aims toteach you everything you wanted to know about sex? 9;and thensome.
"Sex" can mean a number of things. It canrefer to sex organs, to sex types, to the act of copulation, or to the simpleexchange of genetic material. This book explains what we actually mean when wetalk about sex and reveals a wealth of astonishing scientific details along theway. For example, did you know that some species can have sex without genitals? And when it comes to genitals, did you know that there's an amazing diversity ofthese across species? From the evolution of penises and vaginas to far-fetchedmating rituals and the shocking consequences of the sex act, Dirty Biologyexposes sex for what it is: a lot more interesting and more complicated than thesimplistic image we often have of it.



About the Author

Léo Grasset (scripter) has advanced degrees in evolutionary biology and organismal and ecosystems biology. In 2014, he began to make humorous and educational YouTube videos about biology. An English translation of his first book was published as How the Zebra Got Its Stripes: Darwinian Stories Told Through Evolutionary Biology.

Colas Grasset (artist) has collaborated with his brother Léo on several episodes of the YouTube program DirtyBiology. He blogs about his work at http: //hou-bim.blogspot.com.