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Packing for Mars
by Mary Roach
334 pages2010
nyt:hardcover_nonfiction=2010-08-01New York Times bestsellerPopular worksSpace biologyManned space flight
About This Book
"America's funniest science writer" ( Washington Post) explores the irresistibly strange universe of life without gravity in this New York Times bestseller. The best-selling author of Stiff and Bonk explores the irresistibly strange universe of space travel and life without gravity. From the Space S...
Reading Time Estimates
8h 30m
slow reader
180 WPM
6h 7m
average reader
250 WPM
4h 22m
fast reader
350 WPM
π 91,850 wordsπ
13 days at 30 min/day
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6 hours 7 min
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Audiobook (1.5x)
6 hours 48 min
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10 hours 12 min
Audio 2x
5 hours 6 min
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