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Mary Roach

Books by Mary Roach

Born: 1959

Nationality: United States(North America)

Gender: female

Catalog: 8 books

Mary Roach is an American author, specializing in popular science and humor. Roach is noted for her curiosity and humor in addition to her research. Her many humor-laced articles in various publications over the decades include her monthly humor column, "My Planet", in Reader's Digest. Although Roach writes primarily about science, she never intended to make it her career. Roach stated in an interview with TheVerge.com when asked what exactly got her hooked on writing about science, "To be honest, it turned out that science stories were always, consistently, the most interesting stories I was assigned to cover. TV and radio shows have repeatedly asked Roach to appear as a guest so they could hear her opinions. She has appeared on programs like Coast to Coast AM, The Daily Show, and The Colbert Report. Source: Wikipedia

  1. 1Cover of Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
  2. 2Cover of Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
  3. 3Cover of Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War
  4. 4Cover of Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
  5. 5Cover of My Planet: Finding Humor in the Oddest Places
  6. 6Cover of Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
  7. 7Cover of Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife
  8. 8Cover of Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

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