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Roach Mary
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Bonk: The Curious Coupling Of Sex and Science
Автор: Roach Mary Жанр: Canongate Издательство: Canongate Год: 2009 Страниц: 320 Дата загрузки: 19 марта 20122012-09-12
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The study of sexual physiology — what happens, and why, and how to make it happen better — has been taking place behind closed doors for many hundreds of years. In this fascinating and funny book Mary Roach steps inside laboratories, brothels, pig farms, sex toy R&D lab — even in to Alfred Kinsey's attic — to tell us everything we wanted to know about sex, and a lot we'd never even thought to ask.
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Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
Автор: Roach Mary Жанр: Daedalus Books Издательство: Daedalus Books Год: 2010 Страниц: 334 Дата загрузки: 09 февраля 20122011-06-25
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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 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.
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