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The Resource Grunt : the curious science of humans at war, Mary Roach

Grunt : the curious science of humans at war, Mary Roach

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'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 you'll never see our nation's defenders in the same way again
Language
eng
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Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
285 pages
Contents
  • Second skin: What to wear to war
  • Boom box: Automotive safety for people who drive on bombs
  • Fighting by ear: The conundrum of military noise
  • Below the belt: The cruelest shot of all
  • It could get weird: A salute to genital transplants
  • Carnage under fire: How do combat medics cope?
  • Sweating bullets: The war on heat
  • Leaky Seals: Diarrhea as a threat to national security
  • The maggot paradox: Flies on the battlefield, for better and worse
  • What doesn't kill you will make you reek: A brief history of stink bombs
  • Old chum: How to make and test shark repellent
  • That sinking feeling: When things go wrong under the sea
  • Up and under: A submarine tries to sleep
  • Feedback from the fallen: How the dead help the living stay that way
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9780393245448
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Grunt : the curious science of humans at war
Title
Grunt
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the curious science of humans at war
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Mary Roach
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Language
eng
Summary
'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 you'll never see our nation's defenders in the same way again
Summary
The best-selling author of <i>Gulp</i> and <i>Stiff</i> explores the science of keeping humans healthy and focused in the extreme environments of war, drawing on interviews with doctors, uniform designers, trainers and weapons testers to illuminate how soldiers are conditioned to survive traumas ranging from heat and panic to exhaustion and noise. Illustrations. Tour.
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Roach, Mary,
Dewey number
355/.070973
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
LC call number
U43.U4
LC item number
R63 2016b
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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  • United States
  • United States
  • Military art and science
  • Military art and science
  • Military research
  • United States
  • United States
  • Armed Forces
  • Military art and science
  • Military research
  • United States
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adult
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the curious science of humans at war
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Grunt : the curious science of humans at war, Mary Roach
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Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-285)
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volume
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nc
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text
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txt
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Contents
Second skin: What to wear to war -- Boom box: Automotive safety for people who drive on bombs -- Fighting by ear: The conundrum of military noise -- Below the belt: The cruelest shot of all -- It could get weird: A salute to genital transplants -- Carnage under fire: How do combat medics cope? -- Sweating bullets: The war on heat -- Leaky Seals: Diarrhea as a threat to national security -- The maggot paradox: Flies on the battlefield, for better and worse -- What doesn't kill you will make you reek: A brief history of stink bombs -- Old chum: How to make and test shark repellent -- That sinking feeling: When things go wrong under the sea -- Up and under: A submarine tries to sleep -- Feedback from the fallen: How the dead help the living stay that way
Control code
20646503
Dimensions
22 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
285 pages
Isbn
9780393245448
Lccn
2016008754
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocn921868897
  • (OCoLC)921868897
Label
Grunt : the curious science of humans at war, Mary Roach
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-285)
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Second skin: What to wear to war -- Boom box: Automotive safety for people who drive on bombs -- Fighting by ear: The conundrum of military noise -- Below the belt: The cruelest shot of all -- It could get weird: A salute to genital transplants -- Carnage under fire: How do combat medics cope? -- Sweating bullets: The war on heat -- Leaky Seals: Diarrhea as a threat to national security -- The maggot paradox: Flies on the battlefield, for better and worse -- What doesn't kill you will make you reek: A brief history of stink bombs -- Old chum: How to make and test shark repellent -- That sinking feeling: When things go wrong under the sea -- Up and under: A submarine tries to sleep -- Feedback from the fallen: How the dead help the living stay that way
Control code
20646503
Dimensions
22 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
285 pages
Isbn
9780393245448
Lccn
2016008754
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocn921868897
  • (OCoLC)921868897

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