Her 2009 TED talk made the organization's Twenty Most-Watched list, and in 2011 she served as guest editor of the 2011 Best American Science and Nature Writing. She serves as a member of the Mars Institute's Advisory Board and the Usage Panel of American Heritage Dictionary. Roach has also written for National Geographic, Wired, New Scientist, The New York Times, Smithsonian, and Outside. STIFF has been translated into 26 languages, and SPOOK was a New York Times Notable Book. PACKING FOR MARS was a New York Times Editor's Choice and a One City, One Book selection for San Francisco. Her books include the New York Times bestsellers GULP: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal, PACKING FOR MARS: The Curious Science of Life in the Void, STIFF: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, BONK: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex, and SPOOK: Science Tackles the Afterlife. The author of five highly acclaimed books, Roach is known for her use of humor and metaphor to make complex, timely issues appeal to both the average reader and the not-so-average scientist. Her reading is free and open to the public, and will be followed by a Q&A and book signing. on Monday, April 27, at the Englert Theatre. Mary Roach, best-selling science writer and a 2015 Ida Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Iowa, will read from her work at 8:00 p.m.
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