Packing for Mars
The Curious Science of Life in the Void
Published on 4. November 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
352 pages
978-1-324-03605-0 (ISBN)
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 207 mm
Width: 137 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
398 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-324-03605-0 (9781324036050)
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04/2025
W. W. Norton & Company
€18.18
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Person
Mary Roach is the author of seven 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 California.