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Book Summary: The Martian By Andy Weir

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The Martian
The book that I read was titled The Martian written by Andy Weir. Overall, I enjoyed the book very much and would recommend it to anyone who enjoys an adventure novel with hints of comedy and many science experiments included. This book was about a botanist, Mark Watney, who was stranded on Mars after a failed expedition. He was forced to find a way to become sustainable on a planet where there is no water, food, or oxygen. As I read the book, I was looking for ways to make connections to the eight themes in biology: Science as a Process, Evolution, Energy Transfer, Continuity and Change, Relationship to Structure and Function, Regulation, Interdependence in Nature, and Science, Technology, and Society.

“They say once you grow crops somewhere, you have officially colonized it. So technically I colonized Mars”. (147). Science as a Process is defined …show more content…

(67) Evolution is defined as the process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth.

“I need 1500 calories every day. I have 400 days of food to start off with”. (18) Energy Transfer is defined as the conversion of one form of energy to another. Mark Watney was tasked with having to find a way to create the missing calories if he wanted to live until the Ares 4 crew arrived. So, he went through all the supplies that were in the Hab and in both Rovers. He had plenty of vitamins but not quite enough food. He found what NASA had sent for Thanksgiving and discovered that they had sent potatoes that could be planted and grown.

“In other news, I’m learning morse code, why? Because it’s our backup communications system. NASA figured a decades-old problem isn’t ideal as a sole means of communications”(147). Continuity and Change is explained as humans over time have gotten smarter and smarter to get to the point of getting to

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