Grunt (Colorado State Library Book Club Collection) : the curious science of humans at war
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New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2016].
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First edition
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8 books in one bag (285 pages) : illustrations ; 22 cm AUDIOBOOK, LARGE PRINT, & BRAILLE AVAILABLE FROM COLORADO TALKING BOOK LIBRARY
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Published
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2016].
Format
Local Library Checkout Only
Edition
First edition
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English
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BOOKS LOANED TO LIBRARIES FOR BOOK CLUB USE ONLY! Sponsored by the Colorado State Library Book Club Project.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-285)
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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 youll never see our nations defenders in the same way again
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Roach, M. (2016). Grunt (Colorado State Library Book Club Collection): the curious science of humans at war (First edition). W.W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Roach, Mary. 2016. Grunt (Colorado State Library Book Club Collection): The Curious Science of Humans At War. W.W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Roach, Mary. Grunt (Colorado State Library Book Club Collection): The Curious Science of Humans At War W.W. Norton & Company, 2016.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Roach, Mary. Grunt (Colorado State Library Book Club Collection): The Curious Science of Humans At War First edition, W.W. Norton & Company, 2016.
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