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Packing for Mars : The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach (2011, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherNorton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-100393339912
ISBN-139780393339918
eBay Product ID (ePID)7038660199
Product Key Features
Number of Pages336 Pages
Publication NamePacking for Mars : the Curious Science of Life in the Void
LanguageEnglish
SubjectPhysics / Astrophysics, Space Science, Physiology
Publication Year2011
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaScience, Medical
AuthorMary Roach
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight9.4 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition22
ReviewsTruly 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., Roach's strange enthusiasm for all things oddball . . . makes Mars a more than worthy destination., Over the course of several frank chapters, Roach explores the nitty-gritty details of life in space that filmmakers and historians tend to gloss over...Roach's wide-eyed wonder...sets Packing for Mars apart from the galaxy of space travel histories, [Roach's] style is at its most substantial--and most hilarious--in the zero-gravity realm that Packing for Mars explores., A truly funny look at the less majestic aspects of the space program.... Roach's writing is supremely accessible, but there's never a moment whenyou aren't aware of how much research she's done into unexploredreaches of space travel., The book is an often hilarious, sometimes queasy-making catalog of the strange stuff devised to permit people to survive in an environment for which their bodies are stupendously unsuited. With an unflinching eye, [Roach] launches readers into the thick of spaceflight's grossest engineering challenges., [Roach] has once again discovered a winner of a subject...Roach's strange enthusiasm for all things oddball...makes Mars a more than worthy destination., [Roach's] 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., A truly funny look at the less majestic aspects of the space program.... 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., The 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., Roach deftly guides her readers. . . . They never completely lose sight of the accomplishments of space travel, even as they take delight in the absurdities that, in the end, make those successes all the more sublime., With an unflinching eye, [Roach] launches readers into the thick of spaceflight's grossest engineering challenges., Roach deftly guides her readers...They never completely lose sight of the accomplishments of space travel, even as they take delight in the absurdities that, in the end, make those successes all the more sublime.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal571.0919
SynopsisThe best-selling author of Stiff and Bonk explores the irresistibly strange universe of space travel and life without gravity. From the Space Shuttle training toilet to a crash test of NASA's new space capsule, Mary Roach takes us on the surreally entertaining trip into the science of life in space and space on Earth., "America's funniest science writer" (Washington Post) explores the irresistibly strange universe of life without gravity in this New York Times bestseller., "America's funniest science writer" ( Washington Post ) explores the irresistibly strange universe of life without gravity in this New York Times bestseller. The best-selling author of Stiff and Bonk explores the irresistibly strange universe of space travel and life without gravity. From the Space Shuttle training toilet to a crash test of NASA's new space capsule, Mary Roach takes us on the surreally entertaining trip into the science of life in space and space on Earth.
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