Mary Roach, Ingrid Ockert | Weird Military Science and 60s Space Culture
Update: 2017-07-21
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6/14/16: New York Times bestselling author Mary Roach discusses her recent book, "Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War." Her past works include "Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal," "Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void," and "Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers." In "Grunt," Roach tackles the varied and interesting science and scientists behind everything that could possibly be done to keep a human beings intact (in all meanings of the word) in the extreme and often bizarre circumstances of war.
Later in the show, doctoral researcher in Science History and regular contributor Ingrid Ockert takes us through '60s space culture in reporting on the book "Inventing the American Astronaut," by Matthew Hersch.
Later in the show, doctoral researcher in Science History and regular contributor Ingrid Ockert takes us through '60s space culture in reporting on the book "Inventing the American Astronaut," by Matthew Hersch.
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