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Mary Roach is the bestselling author of several popular science books. She has written for the Guardian, Wired, BBC Focus, GQ and Vogue and many other publications. She lives in California.

Reviews

‘The funniest book [of the year] by far... almost every page made me laugh out loud.’ 
*Sunday Times, Best Science Books of 2013*

‘Witty, illuminating and at times astonishing.’
*Mail on Sunday*

‘Witty [and] enjoyable’
*Independent on Sunday*

‘The best kind of lavatory reading… exhaustive and irreverent’ 
*Sunday Telegraph, paperback review*

‘Mary Roach is a science writer who looks very closely at normal things — and close up, lots of things look weird or horrifying… The bit you will talk about most is how prisoners hide things up their bottoms’
*Evening Standard*

'Far away her funniest and most sparkling book'
*New York Times*

‘Engrossingly gross’
*Scotsman*

'The best kind of lavatory reading'
*Sunday Telegraph*

'Insightful, sharp science writing that will have you snorting with laughter is Mary Roach's speciality'
*New Scientist*

‘Disgustingly good... Roach takes a superbly witty prod at our innards.’
*The Times*

'Roach writes clearly, with gallows humour...compelling'
*Evening Standard*

'A wonderful read'
*BBC Focus*

'Joyously funny and intrepidly smart'
*Saga*

Best-selling popular science writer Roach (Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void) turns her attention here to the alimentary canal. Roach asks the questions that some readers may have always wondered: Does saliva have curative properties? Do pets taste food differently than their owners do? Could Jonah have survived three days in a whale's stomach? Could Americans lower the national debt by chewing their food more thoroughly? As she investigates these questions, Roach encounters many an eccentric scientist who has worked tirelessly to unlock the mysteries of saliva, gastrointestinal gases, and mastication. As she recounts her adventures in tasting centers and laboratories, she aims not to disgust readers, but to inspire curiosity-even awe-for the most intimate functions of the human body. VERDICT Filled with witty asides, humorous anecdotes, and bizarre facts, this book will entertain readers, challenge their cultural taboos, and simultaneously teach them new lessons in digestive biology.-Talea Anderson, Ellensburg, WA (c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

'The funniest book [of the year] by far... almost every page made me laugh out loud.'

* Sunday Times, Best Science Books of 2013 *

'Witty, illuminating and at times astonishing.'

* Mail on Sunday *

'Witty [and] enjoyable'

* Independent on Sunday *

'The best kind of lavatory reading... exhaustive and irreverent'

* Sunday Telegraph, paperback review *

'Mary Roach is a science writer who looks very closely at normal things - and close up, lots of things look weird or horrifying... The bit you will talk about most is how prisoners hide things up their bottoms'

* Evening Standard *

'Far away her funniest and most sparkling book'

* New York Times *

'Engrossingly gross'

* Scotsman *

'The best kind of lavatory reading'

* Sunday Telegraph *

'Insightful, sharp science writing that will have you snorting with laughter is Mary Roach's speciality'

* New Scientist *

'Disgustingly good... Roach takes a superbly witty prod at our innards.'

* The Times *

'Roach writes clearly, with gallows humour...compelling'

* Evening Standard *

'A wonderful read'

* BBC Focus *

'Joyously funny and intrepidly smart'

* Saga *

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