Join us for an evening with author Mary Roach. The author will be reading from her new book, Packing for Mars. "Popular science writer Roach entertainingly addresses...life in outer space. There is much good fun with- and a respectful amount of awe at- the often crazy ingenuity brought to the mundane matters of surviving in a place not meant for humans. ... A delightful, illuminating grab bag of space-flight curiosities." -Kirkus Starred Review
Roach has also written Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers; Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife; and Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex. Books will be available for purchase from co-sponsor M is for Mystery Bookstore.
DTSTART:20100831T020000Z DTEND:20100831T020000Z DTSTAMP:20120203T235732 LAST-MODIFIED:20091112T011143Z LOCATION:Belmont PRIORITY:5 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:An Evening With Author Mary Roach TRANSP:OPAQUE UID:20120203T235732-1053694578-smcl.org X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Join us for an evening with author Mary Roach. The author will be reading from her new book, Packing for Mars. "Popular science writer Roach entertainingly addresses...life in outer space. There is much good fun with- and a respectful amount of awe at- the often crazy ingenuity brought to the mundane matters of surviving in a place not meant for humans. ... A delightful, illuminating grab bag of space-flight curiosities." -Kirkus Starred Review Roach has also written Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers; Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife; and Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex. Books will be available for purchase from co-sponsor M is for Mystery Bookstore.