mary roach grunt the curious science of humans at war

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. 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.

Grunt tackles the science behind some of a soldier's most challenging adversariespanic, exhaustion, heat, noiseand introduces us to. Army Natick Labs explain why a zipper is a problem for a sniper. '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 adversariespanic, exhaustion, heat, flies, noiseand introduces us to the scientists who seek to conquer them. Back in the US, fashion designers at U.S. Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War, by Mary Roach. Grunt tackles the science behind some of a soldiers most challenging adversariespanic, exhaustion.

At Camp Lemmonier, Djibouti, in east Africa, she discovers that diarrhea can be a threat to national security. 'Americas 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. Roach visits a repurposed movie studio where amputee actors help prepare Marine Corps medics for the shock and gore of combat wounds. Grunt tackles the science behind some of a soldier's most challenging adversaries-panic, exhaustion, heat, flies, noise-and introduces us to the scientists who seek to conquer them. Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War is a nonfiction work by Mary Roach, published in June 2016 by W.

Mary roach grunt the curious science of humans at war