News & Events from Mary Roach http://maryroach.net/blog News & Events from Mary Roach Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:05:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Writers Week Community Read http://maryroach.net/blog/?p=184 http://maryroach.net/blog/?p=184#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:05:10 +0000 admin http://maryroach.net/blog/?p=184 Talk at Los Altos High School Feb 29
I’ll be giving a talk on Packing for Mars as part of the Writers Week Community Read on Feb 29th at 7pm in the Los Altos High School Eagle Theatre. Books will be available and I’ll be signing. Hope to see you there!

]]> http://maryroach.net/blog/?feed=rss2&p=184 0 Twitter! http://maryroach.net/blog/?p=110 http://maryroach.net/blog/?p=110#comments Wed, 05 Jan 2011 00:20:12 +0000 admin http://maryroach.net/blog/?p=110 New year’s resolution: stop being a Luddite. Embrace Twitter. I have taken the first step and signed up. You can follow me at @mary_roach. Though so far I don’t have much to say. Mostly a bunch of cuss words. I’ll get the hang of it! As my beautiful stepdaughter Phoebe says, “Welcome to the 21st century.”

]]> http://maryroach.net/blog/?feed=rss2&p=110 7 Mary Roach with Jon Stewart on The Daily Show http://maryroach.net/blog/?p=64 http://maryroach.net/blog/?p=64#comments Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:36:58 +0000 admin http://maryroach.net/blog/?p=64 Mary Roach on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart www.thedailyshow.com

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About Packing for Mars:
Packing for Mars book coverSpace 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 walk for a year? have sex? smell flowers? What happens if you vomit in your helmet during a space walk? Is it possible for the human body to survive a bailout at 17,000 miles per hour? To answer these questions, space agencies set up all manner of quizzical and startlingly bizarre space simulations. As Mary Roach discovers, it’s possible to preview space without ever leaving Earth. From the space shuttle training toilet to a crash test of NASA’s new space capsule (cadaver filling in for astronaut), Roach takes us on a surreally entertaining trip into the science of life in space and space on Earth. Learn More…

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]]> http://maryroach.net/blog/?feed=rss2&p=64 0 Video! http://maryroach.net/blog/?p=59 http://maryroach.net/blog/?p=59#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:33:33 +0000 admin http://maryroach.net/blog/?p=59 Here is a video that captures the essence of Packing for Mars. My wonderful publisher, W.W. Norton, had it made. It made me laugh out loud, something my own books only rarely do. Feel free to post, forward, blog about, tweet about, or ignore. Thanks, guys.

]]> http://maryroach.net/blog/?feed=rss2&p=59 6 My TED “pig orgasm” talk is up! http://maryroach.net/blog/?p=8 http://maryroach.net/blog/?p=8#comments Wed, 20 May 2009 16:23:15 +0000 admin http://maryroach.net/blog/?p=8

Or go to TED.com, or use the direct link, below:

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/mary_roach_10_things_you_didn_t_know_about_orgasm.html

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