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Packing for Mars : The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach (2010, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherNorton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-100393068471
ISBN-139780393068474
eBay Product ID (ePID)127454788
Product Key Features
Number of Pages288 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NamePacking for Mars : the Curious Science of Life in the Void
SubjectPhysics / Astrophysics, Space Science, Physiology
Publication Year2010
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaScience, Medical
AuthorMary Roach
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight17.2 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2010-017113
Dewey Edition22
ReviewsThe author's writing comes across as reportorial, but with a clear sense of humor; even the footnotes are used to both informational and comedic effect., Truly funny.... Roach's writing is supremely accessible, but there's never a moment when you aren't aware of how much research she's done into unexplored reaches of space travel., [Her] style is at its most substantial--and most hilarious--in the zero-gravity realm that Packing for Mars explores.... As startling as it is funny.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal571.0919
SynopsisThe best-selling author of Stiff and Bonk explores the irresistibly strange universe of space travel and life without gravity. 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 can a person give up? How much weirdness can they take? What happens to you when you can't walk for a year? have sex? smell flowers? What happens if you vomit in your helmet during a space walk? Is it possible for the human body to survive a bailout at 17,000 miles per hour? To answer these questions, space agencies set up all manner of quizzical and startlingly bizarre space simulations. As Mary Roach discovers, it's possible to preview space without ever leaving Earth. From the space shuttle training toilet to a crash test of NASA's new space capsule (cadaver filling in for astronaut), Roach takes us on a surreally entertaining trip into the science of life in space and space on Earth., The best-selling author of Stiff and Bonk explores the irresistibly strange universe of space travel and life without gravity., 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 can a person give up? How much weirdness can they take? What happens to you when you can't walk for a year? have sex? smell flowers? What happens if you vomit in your helmet during a space walk? Is it possible for the human body to survive a bailout at 17,000 miles per hour? To answer these questions, space agencies set up all manner of quizzical and startlingly bizarre space simulations. As Mary Roach discovers, it's possible to preview space without ever leaving Earth. From the space shuttle training toilet to a crash test of NASA's new space capsule (cadaver filling in for astronaut), Roach takes us on a surreally entertaining trip into the science of life in space and space on Earth.
LC Classification NumberQH327.R63 2010
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