Grunt : the curious science of humans at war
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Author
Published
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2016].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
285 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Status
Oliver La Farge - Adult
355 Roa
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355 Roa
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Published
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2016].
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-285).
Description
'Grunt' tackles the science behind some of a soldier's most challenging adversaries -- panic, exhaustion, heat, noise -- and introduces us to the scientists who seek to conquer them. Mary Roach dodges hostile fire with the U.S. Marine Corps Paintball Team as part of a study on hearing loss and survivability in combat. She visits the fashion design studio of U.S. Army Natick Labs and learns why a zipper is a problem for a sniper. She visits a repurposed movie studio where amputee actors help prepare Marine Corps medics for the shock and gore of combat wounds. At Camp Lemmonier, Djibouti, in east Africa, we learn how diarrhea can be a threat to national security. Roach samples caffeinated meat, sniffs an archival sample of a World War II stink bomb, and stays up all night with the crew tending the missiles on the nuclear submarine USS Tennessee. She answers questions not found in any other book on the military: Why is DARPA interested in ducks? How is a wedding gown like a bomb suit? Why are shrimp more dangerous to sailors than sharks? Take a tour of duty with Roach, and youll never see our nations defenders in the same way again.
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