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Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
Roach
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Description for Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
Hardcover. The best-selling author of Stiff and Bonk explores the irresistibly strange universe of space travel and life without gravity. Num Pages: 334 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 149 x 25. Weight in Grams: 490.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393068474
SKU
V9780393068474
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Roach
Mary Roach is the author of five best-selling works of nonfiction, including Grunt, Stiff, and, most recently, Fuzz. Her writing has appeared in National Geographic and the New York Times Magazine, among other publications. She lives in Oakland, California.
Reviews for Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
"[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."
Janet Maslin - The New York Times "This is the kind of smart, smirky stuff that Roach does so well."
Geoff Nicholson - San Francisco Chronicle "Cool answers to questions about the void you didn’t ... Read more
Janet Maslin - The New York Times "This is the kind of smart, smirky stuff that Roach does so well."
Geoff Nicholson - San Francisco Chronicle "Cool answers to questions about the void you didn’t ... Read more