01881cam a2200325 i 4500 264830046 TxGeo 20160614120000.0 160422s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2016008754 9780393245448 hbk. 0393245446 hbk. (OCoLC)921868897 TxGeo rda Roach, Mary. Grunt : the curious science of humans at war / Mary Roach. First edition. New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, 2016. 285 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references. 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. 20160627. Military art and science United States Technological innovations. Military art and science Technological innovations United States History 21st century. Military research United States. QS5