Mary Roach
Mary Roach (* 1959 in Etna (New Hampshire) , United States ) is an American columnist and author of popular science non-fiction.
Life
She earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from Wesleyan University . Her writing career began with the San Francisco Zoological Society , for which she wrote press releases . In 1986 she sold a gloss on the IRS to the San Francisco Chronicle . This was followed by a series of humorous essays for magazines such as Sports Illustrated , Vogue , The New York Times Magazine , Discover , Outside , Reader's Digest and GQ .
Her book Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal (Oneworld) was shortlisted for the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books 2014. This British award is endowed with £ 2,500 prize money for nominees.
Books
- Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers. 2003, ISBN 978-0-393-32482-2
- German: The fabulous world of corpses. DTV, Munich 2005, ISBN 978-3-421-05584-2 ; Translated from English by Michaela Grabinger: Riva, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-86883-249-5 .
- Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife. 2005, tw. also distributed under the title Six Feet Over: Adventures in the Afterlife. ISBN 978-0-393-32912-4
- Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex. 2008 ISBN 978-0-393-06464-3
- German: Bonk: Everything about sex - researched by science: When sex and science are paired. Fischer 18229, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-596-18229-9 .
- Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void. 2010, ISBN 978-0-393-06847-4
- German: What does the astronaut do when he has to? A slightly different story of space travel. rororo 62790, Reinbek near Hamburg 2012 ISBN 978-3-499-62790-3
- Gulp: Adventures in the Alimentary Canal. 2013, ISBN 978-0-393-08157-2
- German: sip. On a journey of discovery through our digestive tract (translated by Katrin Behringer). DVA, Munich 2014 ISBN 978-3-421-04640-6 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Mary Roach in the catalog of the German National Library
- Mary Roach's website
- Video: Mary Roach discusses Bonk at BODIES… The Exhibition in New York City on 4/6/2009 (via fora.tv )
- Video: Mary Roach at the Los Angeles Public Library (Fora.tv)
- Video: Mary Roach on SlateV.com
- Video: Mary Roach interview on The Colbert Report
- Video: Mary Roach's TED talk 10 things you didn't know about orgasm
- BookBanter Episode 7 featuring recent interview with Mary Roach from April 23rd, 2009
Individual evidence
- ^ "Vigor Mortis," Los Angeles Times, July 7, 2003
- ↑ Melissa Hogenboom: material book wins Royal Society Winton Prize . BBC. November 10, 2014. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
- ↑ Janet Maslin : Review of Spook in the New York Times
- ^ Review of Spook ; interview with author, 10-05
- ↑ Pamela Paul : Review of Bonk in the New York Times
- ↑ HoboTrashcan's Getting to Know… Mary Roach an in-depth feature article on Roach and Bonk
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Roach, Mary |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American columnist and author |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1959 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Etna (New Hampshire) |