Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void - Mary Roach A thoroughly fascinating, humorous(and at times disgustingly detailed) look at everything I never knew I wanted to know about life in the void of space. A word of caution...do not attempt to read the chapter about astronaut BO...
I first saw Mary Roach on an episode of the Daily Show, promoting some other, later book. I'd never heard of her, but my wife and I were immediately impressed, and agreed that we should pick up some of her books. Soon afterward, happily enough, I was given this book.It's great. It fulfills its promi...
Me pasó lo mismo que otro libro de la misma autora, partió como avión y luego se fue por las ramas, alejándose del tema que importante que me hizo querer leerlo en primer lugar.De verdad, es tal cual, calcado, el mismo modelo. Inicia con una introducción prometedora, algunos datos fascinantes, y por...
When I was in the sixth grade we had a science project. I remember this well, we had to learn all about rockets and space travel. When we were to reach the end of all the information, we were going to have a test on what we learned. Nothing new there right? Oh but there was…… The person who had ...
This is the third of Roach's books that I have read, and while I found it fascinating and interesting, I probably liked it the least of the three.I love Roach's doggedness in chasing down every fact, rumor, or story that she's heard. She is unabashed and asks questions that most of us would be emba...
Mary Roach never disappoints. Never fear that she will explore all the gross, unexpected and weird bits of information about whatever subject she chooses. I listened to this book on CD and the chapter about using the bathroom in space almost made me swerve off Lake Shore Drive. The person reading th...
When I was a kid, I was a little bit of a space nerd. I didn't have access to a lot of information about space travel or anything like that, but I learned all I could about the stars themselves, had a subscription to Astronomy, stayed outside for meteor showers, tried to make a thrift-store telescop...
Although I've filed this on the science shelf, it's less about the science per se than the logistics of space travel. Which is fine - I didn't read it for the science. Roach is very funny, and a good writer. She seems to have a good instinct for sifting through a ton of scientific information and...
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