Merde
Subtitle: Excursions in Scientific, Cultural, and Socio-Historical Coprology
Publisher: Random House
Published: May 11, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780812992519
Subjects: History; Science / History; Science/Mathematics; Science
First sentence: The word "science," meaning knowledge, and the word "shit," from the Old English sci- tan, both apparently derive from the same ancient Indo-European root, as does the Greek word from which scatology is derived. (The modern Greek expression Skata sta montra sou is not recommended for polite society.)