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Grunt : The Curious Science of Humans at War by Mary Roach (2016, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherNorton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-100393245446
ISBN-139780393245448
eBay Product ID (ePID)219440543
Product Key Features
Book TitleGrunt : the Curious Science of Humans at War
Number of Pages256 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMilitary Science, Life Sciences / Anatomy & Physiology (See Also Life Sciences / Human Anatomy & Physiology), Military / General, Research & Methodology
Publication Year2016
IllustratorYes
GenreTechnology & Engineering, Science, History
AuthorMary Roach
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight16.2 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2016-008754
Dewey Edition23
ReviewsFrom the ever-illuminating author of Bonk and Stiff comes an examination of the science behind war. Even the tiniest minutiae count on the battlefield, and Roach leads us through her discoveries in her inimitable style., A rare literary bird, a best selling science writer...Roach avidly and impishly infiltrates the world of military science....Roach is exuberantly and imaginatively informative and irreverently funny, but she is also in awe of the accomplished and committed military people she meets., Mary Roach's latest bit of brilliance....As meticulously researched, beautifully written, and disturbingly funny as her previous books...Grunt examines the science behind war, as well as the researchers who are leading the charge in these state-of- the-art developments. Roach's prose is a triumph--an engaging blend of anecdote, research, and reflection., Nobodydoes weird science quite like [Roach], and this time, she takes on war. Thoughall her books look at the human body in extreme situations (sex! space!death!), this isn't simply a blood-drenched affair. Instead, Roach looks at theunexpected things that take place behind the scenes., Roach joins Malcolm Gladwell and Steven Levitt in making a career of turning serious research on oddball subjects into bestsellers., Extremely likable...and quick with a quip....[Roach's] skill is todraw out the good humor and honesty of both the subjects and practitioners ofthese white arts among the dark arts of war., Having investigated sex, death, and preparing for space travel, New York Times best-selling Roach applies her thorough--and thoroughly entertaining--techniques to the sobering subject of keeping soldiers not just alive but alert and healthy of mind and body during warfare., Roach...applies her tenacious reporting and quirky point of view to efforts by scientists to conquer some of the soldier's worst enemies., Roach...applies her tenacious reporting and quirky point of view to efforts by scientists to conquer some of the soldier's worst enemies,, Roach is a tenacious investigative journalist with an appetite for the unappetizing...Grunt ranks high in the Roach repertoire., Covering these topics and more, Roach has done a fascinating job ofportraying unexpected, creative sides of military science., Our most consistently entertaining science journalist...Roach goes where other writers wouldn't dare....And her search produces images--a kind of technopoetry--that are hard to forget., Mary Roach is one of the best in the business of science writing...She takes readers on a tour of the scientists who attempt to conquer the panic, exhaustion, heat, and noise that plague modern soldiers., [Roach] takes on the challenges the military faces to keep its fighters safe and healthy with her trademark flair (and zingy footnotes).
Dewey Decimal355/.070973
SynopsisGrunt 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., A New York Times / National Bestseller "America's funniest science writer" (Washington Post) Mary Roach explores the science of keeping human beings intact, awake, sane, uninfected, and uninfested in the bizarre and extreme circumstances of war., A New York Times / National Bestseller "America's funniest science writer" ( Washington Post ) Mary Roach explores the science of keeping human beings intact, awake, sane, uninfected, and uninfested in the bizarre and extreme circumstances of war. 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.
LC Classification NumberU43.U4R63 2016b
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