| Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void Contributor(s): Roach, Mary (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393339912 ISBN-13: 9780393339918 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $16.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2011 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Astronomy - Technology & Engineering | Aeronautics & Astronautics - Science | Physics - Astrophysics |
| Dewey: 571.091 |
| Lexile Measure: 1070 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" (0.57 lbs) 336 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Roach, Mary: - Mary Roach is the author of Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War, Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void, Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex, Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife, and Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers. Her writing has appeared in Outside, Wired, National Geographic, and the New York Times Magazine, among others. She lives in Oakland, California. |