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June 2011 Vol. 42 No. 6 2011 One City One Book Selection: Anza Branch Packing for Mars by Mary Roach Library Reopens he San Francisco Public Library, in training toilet to a crash See article, Page 2 partnership with the first Bay Area Science test of NASA’s new space June 18! Festival, is excited to announce our capsule (cadaver filling in seventh annual One City One Book! for astronaut), Packing for Known for her candid and hilarious Mars takes us on a surre- Texplorations of the odder side of science, author ally entertaining trip into the science of life in space and space on Earth. Mary Roach now turns to her most compelling A fascinating and funny tribute to space research, Packing for Mars is a terrific subject yet:⎯space. summer read. Come September, you’ll be ready for a fall full of book discussions Space is a world devoid of the things we need and events, including Mary Roach’s talk in the Koret Auditorium on Nov. 2. to live and thrive: air, gravity, hot showers, fresh pro- Mary Roach is the author of the bestselling books Stiff: The Curious Lives duce, privacy, beer. How much can a person give up? of Human Cadavers, Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife, and Bonk: The Curious How much weirdness can they take? Is it possible for Coupling of Science and Sex. She lives in Oakland, Calif. the human body to survive a bailout at 4,000 miles One City One Book: San Francisco Reads is supported by Friends of the San per hour? To answer these questions, space agencies Francisco Public Library and the Bay Area Science Festival.
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