The title character of The Martian is astronaut Mark Watney. He is stranded on Mars after a dust storm forces his crew to evacuate the planet. They thought Mark was dead, but he survived... and has to figure out how to continue to survive with no communications and no more Mars expeditions for four years.
The Martian was written by a nerd for other nerds. Nearly all of the action is realistic scientific problem solving: figuring out how to make water when you've got oxygen and hydrogen; determining how many calories you need; maintaining heat and air pressure; establishing contact with Earth. Mark uses what he has on hand to tackle these problems in turn. He tells us about it in a smart-ass narrative voice that captures exactly the "clever" and self-assured way engineers joke with one another.
Entertaining, especially if you're the kind of person who pedantically pointed out the scientific flaws in the movie Gravity.
The Martian was written by a nerd for other nerds. Nearly all of the action is realistic scientific problem solving: figuring out how to make water when you've got oxygen and hydrogen; determining how many calories you need; maintaining heat and air pressure; establishing contact with Earth. Mark uses what he has on hand to tackle these problems in turn. He tells us about it in a smart-ass narrative voice that captures exactly the "clever" and self-assured way engineers joke with one another.
Entertaining, especially if you're the kind of person who pedantically pointed out the scientific flaws in the movie Gravity.
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