Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
“America’s funniest science writer” (Washington Post) returns to explore the irresistibly strange universe of life without gravity in this New York Times bestseller.Space is a world devoid of the things we need to live and thrive: air, gravity, hot showers, fresh produce, privacy, beer. Space...
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“America’s funniest science writer” (Washington Post) returns to explore the irresistibly strange universe of life without gravity in this New York Times bestseller.Space is a world devoid of the things we need to live and thrive: air, gravity, hot showers, fresh produce, privacy, beer. Space exploration is in some ways an exploration of what it means to be human. How much
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Format: Kindle Edition
ASIN: B003YJEXUM
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Pages no: 336
Edition language: English
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...
Interesting history of the space race with emphasis on some of the topics not normally discussed.
#20 TBR Busting 2013There are some very funny sections covering over the dehumanisation process involved in becoming an astronaut.
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