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Grunt : the curious science of humans at war
Record details
- ISBN: 9780393245448 (hardcover)
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Physical Description:
285 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
print - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2016.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Second skin: what to wear to war -- Boom box: automotive safety for people who drive on bomb -- 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. |
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| Subject: | Military research United States Military art and science Technological innovations United States History 21st century Military art and science United States Technological innovations |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Howe Library | 355.07 ROA | 31254003416282 | Lower level | Available | - |