"Read Science!", Episode 1: "Mary Roach" edition

Описание: Streamed live on Apr 25, 2013

Mary Roach, author of the books "Stiff", "Spook", "Bonk", "Packing for Mars" and her latest, "Gulp", was our guest today on Read Science! Where we conversed about how she writes her science to engage the audience. We discovered that she is "a gateway drug to science" and enjoys the idea of limiting yourself to one idea or concept and seeing how far you can take that topic in writing.

"Read Science!" -- conversations about science writing and science written for non-scientists.

Books Mary suggested:
Ninety Percent of Everything: Inside Shipping, the Invisible Industry That Puts Clothes on Your Back, Gas in Your Car, and Food on Your Plate, by Rose George, Due August 6, 2013

Wild Ones: A Sometimes Dismaying, Weirdly Reassuring Story About Looking at People Looking at Animals in America by John Mooallun due May 16, 2013 http://www.amazon.com/Wild-Ones-Somet...

Cold: Adventures in the World's Frozen Places by Bill Streever

The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce, and Obsession by Adam Gollner, a book Mary calls "magical"

Books Joanne suggested:
Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation by Dan Fagin http://www.amazon.com/Toms-River-Stor...

Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus by Wasik and Murphy

Books Jeff suggested:

Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Kimmerer http://www.amazon.com/Gathering-Moss-...

Rats: Observations on the History and Habitat of the City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants by Robert Sullivan

Defining the Wind: The Beaufort Scale and How a 19th-Century Admiral Turned Science into Poetry by Scott Huler

Learn more about Mary at her website: http://www.maryroach.net/