Mary Roach

Published: Oct. 5, 2010, 9 a.m.

b"Science journalist Mary Roach takes us on a trip to Mars, in one of this year's funniest popular science books, Packing for Mars, boldly going where other writers fear to tread. Among the questions she tackles are: what's it like to spend two weeks in the same spacesuit? And is there sex in space?"