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Grunt : the curious science of humans at war
- Title
- Grunt : the curious science of humans at war / Mary Roach.
- Author
- Roach, Mary.
- Publication
- New York : W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2016]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 16-3725 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 285 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- 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 might 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.
- Call Number
- JFD 16-3725
- ISBN
- 9780393245448
- 0393245446
- LCCN
- 2016008754
- OCLC
- 2016008754
- Author
- Roach, Mary.
- Title
- Grunt : the curious science of humans at war / Mary Roach.
- Publisher
- New York : W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2016]
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 16-3725