Mary Roach is an American author, specializing in popular science and humor.[
As of 2016, she has published seven books,: Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (2003), Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife (2005) (published in some markets as Six Feet Over: Adventures in the Afterlife), Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex (2008), Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void (2010), My Planet: Finding Humor in the Oddest Places, Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal (2013), and Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War (2016).
Roach is noted for her curiosity and humor in addition to her research.
Her many humor-laced articles in various publications over the decades include her monthly humor column, "My Planet", in Reader's Digest.
著書 Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers 『死体はみんな生きている』 殿村直子訳 日本放送出版協会 2005 Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife 『霊魂だけが知っている』 殿村直子訳 日本放送出版協会 2006 あるいは Six Feet Over: Adventures in the Afterlife Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex 『セックスと科学のイケない関係』 池田真紀子訳 日本放送出版協会 2008 Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void