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About Mary Roach
American author of popular science and humor
Mary Roach is an American author of popular science and humor. She is known for writing bestselling books that turn science into accessible, often playful nonfiction. 138 quotes on the site. Her books include Stiff, Spook, Bonk, Packing for Mars, Gulp, Grunt, Fuzz, and Replaceable You, all New York Times bestsellers. Her work often explores unusual corners of science, from human cadavers and the afterlife to sex, space, digestion, war, nature, and anatomy.
More from Mary Roach (138 quotes) →More quotes by Mary Roach
- “You won't see me writing about particle physics, or even planetary geology, or chemistry. I practically faile…”Mary Roach
- “I write with a sense of my future readers being ever on the verge of setting down the book and pronouncing it…”Mary Roach
- “Though it's harder to justify the use of a cadaver for practicing nose jobs than it is for practicing coronar…”Mary Roach
- “People don't appreciate their intestines until something goes wrong. But I always hope that people gain a lit…”Mary Roach
Reading: more sayings
- “Before he had lost his sight, the maester had loved books as much as Samwell Tarly did. He understood the way…”George R.R. Martin
- “When I was 16, I had a massive crush on our tennis coach and every time he came round to teach my brothers I…”Emma Corrin
- “Knowledge comes from reading but wisdom comes from experience of living.”Debasish Mridha
Books: more sayings
- “Information that a book possesses is made of time”Sunday Adelaja
- “We are all orbits of some sort,circling around the world we call our own, and literature...Literature is a co…”Thabo Jijana
- “Before he had lost his sight, the maester had loved books as much as Samwell Tarly did. He understood the way…”George R.R. Martin
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Books by Mary Roach
Stiff
2004
Bonk
2008
Packing for Mars
2011
Grunt
2016
Gulp
2014