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100 1 _aRoach, Mary.
245 1 0 _aGrunt :
_bthe curious science of humans at war /
_cMary Roach.
250 _aFirst edition.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bW. W. Norton & Company, Inc.,
_c2016.
300 _a285 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c22 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 277-285).
505 0 _aSecond 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.
650 0 _aMilitary art and science
_xTechnological innovations
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aMilitary art and science
_xTechnological innovations
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y21st century.
650 0 _aMilitary research
_zUnited States.
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