Mary Roach





Mary Roach

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Mary Roach is the author of Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers and Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife. Her writing has appeared in such publications as Salon, GQ, Vogue, and the New York Times Magazine. She lives in Oakland, California.

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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!

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“The way I see it, being dead is not terribly far off from being on a cruise ship. Most of your time is spent lying on your back. The brain has shut down. The flesh begins to soften. Nothing much new happens, and nothing is expected of you. ”
Mary Roach, Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

“The human head is of the same approximate size and weight as a roaster chicken. I have never before had occasion to make the comparison, for never before today have I seen a head in a roasting pan.”
Mary Roach, Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

“The paper does not provide the exact number of penises eaten by ducks, but the author says there have been enough over the years to prompt the coining of a popular saying: 'I better get home or the ducks will have something to eat.”
Mary Roach, Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex

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