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Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal (2013)
by Mary Roach
"America's funniest science writer" (Washington Post) takes us down the hatch on an unforgettable tour. The alimentary canal is classic Mary Roach terrain: the questions explored in Gulp are as taboo, in their way, as the cadavers in Stiff and every bit as surreal as the universe of zero gravity... (learn more about this book)
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Packing for Mars (2010)
The Curious Science of Life in the Void
by Mary Roach
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... (learn more about this book)
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Bonk (2008)
The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
by Mary Roach
The best-selling author of Stiff turns her outrageous curiosity and infectious wit on the most alluring scientific subject of all: sex. The study of sexual physiology—what happens, and why, and how to make it happen better—has been a ... (learn more about this book)
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Spook (2005)
Science Tackles the Afterlife
by Mary Roach
AKA "Six Feet Over"
"Equal parts Groucho Marx and Stephen Jay Gould, both enlightening and entertaining."— Sunday Denver Post & Rocky Mountain News The best-selling author of Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers now trains her considerable wit and curiosity on the human soul.... (learn more about this book)
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Stiff (2003)
The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
by Mary Roach
An oddly compelling, often hilarious forensic exploration of the strange lives of our bodies postmortem.
For two thousand years, cadavers some willingly, some unwittingly have been involved in science's boldest strides and weirdest undertakings. They've tested France's first guillotines,... (learn more about this book)
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My Planet: Finding Humor in the Oddest Places
by Mary Roach
Mary Roach is the author of Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife, Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex, and Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void. She lives in Oakland, California. (learn more about this book)
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Best American Science and Nature Writing: Book 2011The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2011
by Mary Roach
Edited by outrageously curious science writer Mary Roach, author of Stiff, Spook, Bonk, and Packing for Mars, this collection brings together the best and brightest writers on science and nature. (learn more about this book)
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Science Ink (2011)
Tattoos of the Scientifically Obsessed
by Carl Zimmer
Body art meets popular science in this elegant, mind-blowing collection, written by renowned science writer Carl Zimmer. This fascinating book showcases hundreds of eye-catching tattoos that pay tribute to various scientific disciplines, from evolutionary biology and neuroscience to mathematics... (learn more about this book)
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