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Packing for Mars : the curious science of life in the void
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Packing for Mars : the curious science of life in the void

著者： Mary Roach
出版商： New York : W.W. Norton, ©2010.
版本/格式：  图书 : 英语 : 1st ed查看所有的版本和格式
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The 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 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  再读一些...
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类型/形式： Popular works
文件类型： 书
所有的著者/提供者： Mary Roach
ISBN: 9780393068474 0393068471 9781611293753 1611293758 9780393339918 0393339912
OCLC号码： 449865377
描述： 334 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
内容： He's smart but his birds are sloppy. Japan picks an astronaut --
Life in a box. The perilous psychology of isolation and confinement --
Star crazy. Can space blow your mind? --
You go first. The alarming prospect of life without gravity --
Unstowed. Escaping gravity on board NASA's C-9 --
Throwing up and down. The astronaut's secret misery --
The cadaver in the space capsule. NASA visits the crash test lab --
One furry step for mankind. The strange careers of Ham and Enos --
Next gas : 200,000 miles. Planning a moon expedition is tough, but not as tough as planning a simulated one --
Houston, we have a fungus. Space hygiene and the men who stopped bathing for science --
The horizontal stuff. What if you never got out of bed? --
The three-dolphin club. Mating without gravity --
Withering heights. Bailing out from space --
Separation anxiety. The continuing saga of zero-gravity elimination --
Discomfort food. When veterinarians make dinner, and other tales of woe from aerospace test kitchens --
Eating your pants. Is Mars worth it?
其他题名： Curious science of life in the void
责任： Mary Roach.

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The best-selling author of Stiff and Bonk explores the irresistibly strange universe of space travel and life without gravity.  再读一些...

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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

 
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Love her humorous way of writing about history!

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Mary Roach's writing style makes me laugh out loud. She is one of the main reasons I began branching out into reading nonfiction. Her research is incredibly thorough. I don't think I'd go to the lengths she does to get her facts straight. I'd happily, joyfully experience weightlessness in...
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