Mary Roach’s scientific curiosity seems to know no limits, and her sense of humor is boundless. With her typical aplomb, she delves into the most taboo of subjects: our guts. Roach explores the human digestive system in all its glory. Her musings on our guts are divided into chapters about food, s...
Another one of Mary Roach's hilarious and informative books. I don't know if I've learned to enjoy her humor more, if she's refining the hilarity in her writing, or if the subject matter is that much more interesting or funnier than her previous books, but this is easily the best one I've read.I la...
There's lots of really interesting stuff in here - depending on the crowd, you will not want for fun facts to spew at happy hour. Just make sure you're not eating at the time.My only annoyance was that some of the footnotes were too pleased with themselves and a little too tangential. At some point...
Amazing!!!! Mary Roach does it again! Her brand of writing combines excellent research and ability to reach the reader is just fantastic. While Stiff is far and away my favorite Roach book, this one rates close to Bonk as my next favorite book. Definitely read!
Updated 7/12/13 - added links to the New York Times Daily Show interview and the NY Times review When it comes to literature about eating, science has been a little hard to hear amid the clamor of cuisine. Just as we adorn sex with the fancy gold-leaf filigree of love, so we dress the need for suste...
Roach writes the most entertaining science reporting in the world. She asks all the questions we might want to, but are unlikely to have the opportunity for: What does it look like? How Does it smell? How does it taste? What's the history behind it? Really? "Is it possible to literally knock the shi...
When I read Packing for Mars two years ago, I was very vocal about how my favorite chapter was her detailed exploration of pooping in outer space*, so it was with much excitement that I realized her next book, Gulp (subtitled Adventures on the Alimentary Canal) was about the science of eating, diges...
Dear Elvis Presley,I'm so sorry for laughing and judging you based on how I believed you'd died. Living with Hirschsprung's disease had to be awful, always worrying, always in discomfort. People assuming you were fat when the distended abdomen was a sign you were seriously ill. Begging your forgiven...
Spotted on melki's profileOverviewThe irresistible, ever-curious, and always best-selling Mary Roach returns with a new adventure to the invisible realm we carry around inside.ΓÇ£AmericaΓÇÖs funniest science writerΓÇ¥ (Washington Post) takes us down the hatch on an unforgettable tour. The alimentary...
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