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The best-selling author of Stiff and Bonk explores the irresistibly strange universe of space travel and life without gravity.

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"[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 even know you had." -- People
"An utterly fascinating account, made all the more entertaining by the author’s ever-amused tone." -- BookPage
"An impish and adventurous writer with a gleefully inquisitive mind and stand-up comic’s timing." -- Booklist
"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." -- Time Out New York
"Hilarious." -- The New York Times Book Review
"A delightful, illuminating grab bag of space-flight curiosities." -- Kirkus Reviews

Packing for Mars

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    A Hardback by Mary Roach

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      Publisher WW Norton & Co
      Published 24 August 2010
      ISBN-13 9780393068474
      978-0393068474
      ISBN-10 0393068471
      Also in:
      Astrophysics

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The best-selling author of Stiff and Bonk explores the irresistibly strange universe of space travel and life without gravity.

      Trade Review
      "[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 even know you had." -- People
      "An utterly fascinating account, made all the more entertaining by the author’s ever-amused tone." -- BookPage
      "An impish and adventurous writer with a gleefully inquisitive mind and stand-up comic’s timing." -- Booklist
      "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." -- Time Out New York
      "Hilarious." -- The New York Times Book Review
      "A delightful, illuminating grab bag of space-flight curiosities." -- Kirkus Reviews

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