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Writing Science Books with Mary Roach – The Adam Savage Project – 1/6/21

We welcome science book author Mary Roach back to the show to catch up and talk about how the past year has affected her research and book writing. While she’s not yet able to talk about her next book, we discuss a wide range of topics including our lockdown show obsessions, book reviews, and the love a good book index.

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  1. Fun fact: the people behind Beforeigners spent a lot of effort on the historical recreations of languages for the series, to ensure they would match not only the time periods but the class of the characters.

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