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Mary Roach is an American author known for her in-depth exploration of science and technology. Her works are characterized by their humorous and accessible presentation of complex concepts, covering topics such as space exploration, medicine, death, and religion. Roach's books have received high praise from both academic and general readers.

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“…he was doing a breath hydrogen test. If you know the amount of hydrogen someone is exhaling orally, it's a simple matter to extrapolate the amount they're exhaling rectally. This is because a fixed percentage of hydrogen produced in the colon is absorbed into the blood and, and when it reaches the lungs, exhaled. The breath hydrogen test has given flatus researchers a simple, consistent measure of gas production that does not require the subject to fart into a balloon.”

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Book:Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal

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“Weightlessness is like heroin, or how I imagine heroin must be. You try it once, and when it's over, all you can think about is how much you want to do it again. But apparently the thrill wears off.”

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Book:Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void

Source: Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void

“We are biology. We are reminded of this at the beginning and the end, at birth and at death. In between we do what we can to forget.”

Life Science Death Biology Mary Roach

Book:Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

Source: Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

“What sort of person experimentally infests a child with maggots? A confident sort, certainly. A maverick. Someone comfortable with the unpretty facts of biology. Someone who is perhaps himself an unpretty fact of biology.”

Science Grunt Mary Roach

Book:Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War

Source: Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War

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Born: March 20, 1959
Known for: Author
Quotes: 106

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