A PROFESSOR has come up trumps with her new book – on the history of farts.
Anthropology expert Dr Kirsten Bell, 47, has had a gas over the last 20 years studying people’s attitudes towards taboo subjects such as parping.
Her first academic paper focusing on breaking wind and body odour was rubbished by stuffy boffins as an inappropriate topic for serious study.
But she followed through and is now one of the world’s leading botty burp experts.
The Aussie, a visiting prof at King’s College London, said: “I hope to show even little questions – like ‘Why do farts evoke laughter and disgust?’ – have big answers.