Episode 1 : “Mary Roach” edition (video)

Posted by jnshaumeyer on April 25, 2013

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.

Episode 1 : “Mary Roach” edition (audio)

Posted by jnshaumeyer on April 25, 2013

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 on the inaugural episode of “Read Science!”. We talked 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.

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