Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War
(Adobe EPUB eBook, Kindle Book, OverDrive Read)
A New York Times / National Bestseller
"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 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 you'll never see our nation's defenders in the same way again.
If you are having problem transferring a title to your device, please fill out this support form or visit the library so we can help you to use our eBooks and eAudio Books.
Mary Roach. (2016). Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War. W. W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Mary Roach. 2016. Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans At War. W. W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Mary Roach, Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans At War. W. W. Norton & Company, 2016.
MLA Citation (style guide)Mary Roach. Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans At War. W. W. Norton & Company, 2016.
| Library | Owned | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Shared Digital Collection | 1 | 1 |
| Buena Vista Public Library | 0 | 0 |
OverDrive Product Record
- images
- cover:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/0044-1/{B0F267EF-B67D-431E-A1C6-C037F3A0AB80}IMG100.JPG
- type: image/jpeg
- thumbnail:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/0044-1/{B0F267EF-B67D-431E-A1C6-C037F3A0AB80}IMG200.JPG
- type: image/jpeg
- cover150Wide:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-150/0044-1/{B0F267EF-B67D-431E-A1C6-C037F3A0AB80}IMG150.JPG
- type: image/jpeg
- cover300Wide:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-400/0044-1/{B0F267EF-B67D-431E-A1C6-C037F3A0AB80}IMG400.JPG
- type: image/jpeg
- cover:
- formats
- identifiers:
- type: ISBN
- value: 9780393245455
- name: Adobe EPUB eBook
- id: ebook-epub-adobe
- identifiers:
- identifiers:
- type: ISBN
- value: 9780393245455
- type: ASIN
- value: B016APOD1K
- name: Kindle Book
- id: ebook-kindle
- identifiers:
- identifiers:
- type: ISBN
- value: 9780393245455
- name: OverDrive Read
- id: ebook-overdrive
- identifiers:
- otherFormatIdentifiers
- type: ISBN
- value: 9781324036081
- mediaType
- eBook
- primaryCreator
- role: Author
- name: Mary Roach
- isOwnedByCollections
- True
- title
- Grunt
- seriesId
- 1856487
- dateAdded
- 2021-04-01T00:10:49.277Z
- contentDetails
- href: https://link.overdrive.com?websiteID=162&titleID=2717155
- type: text/html
- account:
- name: Marmot Library Network (CO)
- id: 1201
- sortTitle
- Grunt The Curious Science of Humans at War
- crossRefId
- 2717155
- series
- Mary Roach's Curiosities
- subtitle
- The Curious Science of Humans at War
- id
- B0F267EF-B67D-431E-A1C6-C037F3A0AB80
- starRating
- 4.1
OverDrive MetaData
- isPublicDomain
- False
- formats
- fileName: Grunt_9780393245455_2717155
- partCount: 0
- fileSize: 10248582
- identifiers:
- type: ISBN
- value: 9780393245455
- rights:
- type: Copying
- value: 0
- type: Printing
- value: 0
- type: Lending
- value: 0
- type: ReadAloud
- value: 0
- type: ExpirationRights
- value: 0
- name: Adobe EPUB eBook
- isReadAlong: False
- id: ebook-epub-adobe
- onSaleDate: 6/7/2016
- samples:
- source: From the book
- formatType: ebook-overdrive
- url: https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=b0f267ef-b67d-431e-a1c6-c037f3a0ab80&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
- fileName: Grunt_9780393245455_2717155
- partCount: 0
- fileSize: 0
- identifiers:
- type: ISBN
- value: 9780393245455
- type: ASIN
- value: B016APOD1K
- name: Kindle Book
- isReadAlong: False
- id: ebook-kindle
- onSaleDate: 6/7/2016
- samples:
- source: From the book
- formatType: ebook-overdrive
- url: https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=b0f267ef-b67d-431e-a1c6-c037f3a0ab80&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
- fileName: Grunt_9780393245455_2717155
- partCount: 0
- fileSize: 10088356
- identifiers:
- type: ISBN
- value: 9780393245455
- name: OverDrive Read
- isReadAlong: False
- id: ebook-overdrive
- onSaleDate: 6/7/2016
- samples:
- source: From the book
- formatType: ebook-overdrive
- url: https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=b0f267ef-b67d-431e-a1c6-c037f3a0ab80&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
- creators
- role: Author
- fileAs: Roach, Mary
- bioText: Mary Roach is the author of five best-selling works of nonfiction, including Grunt, Stiff, and, most recently, Fuzz. Her writing has appeared in National Geographic and the New York Times Magazine, among other publications. She lives in Oakland, California.
- name: Mary Roach
- publishDate
- 2016-06-07T00:00:00-04:00
- isOwnedByCollections
- True
- title
- Grunt
- fullDescription
A New York Times / National Bestseller
"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 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 you'll never see our nation's defenders in the same way again.
- seriesId
- 1856487
- popularity
- 1648
- links
- self:
- href: https://api.overdrive.com/v1/collections/v1L1ByAAAAA2r/products/b0f267ef-b67d-431e-a1c6-c037f3a0ab80/metadata
- type: application/vnd.overdrive.api+json
- self:
- id
- b0f267ef-b67d-431e-a1c6-c037f3a0ab80
- starRating
- 4.1
- images
- cover:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/0044-1/{B0F267EF-B67D-431E-A1C6-C037F3A0AB80}IMG100.JPG
- type: image/jpeg
- thumbnail:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/0044-1/{B0F267EF-B67D-431E-A1C6-C037F3A0AB80}IMG200.JPG
- type: image/jpeg
- cover150Wide:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-150/0044-1/{B0F267EF-B67D-431E-A1C6-C037F3A0AB80}IMG150.JPG
- type: image/jpeg
- cover300Wide:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-400/0044-1/{B0F267EF-B67D-431E-A1C6-C037F3A0AB80}IMG400.JPG
- type: image/jpeg
- cover:
- isPublicPerformanceAllowed
- False
- languages
- code: en
- name: English
- subjects
- value: Science
- value: Technology
- value: Nonfiction
- publishDateText
- 06/07/2016
- otherFormatIdentifiers
- type: ISBN
- value: 9781324036081
- mediaType
- eBook
- shortDescription
A New York Times / National Bestseller
"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 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,...
- sortTitle
- Grunt The Curious Science of Humans at War
- crossRefId
- 2717155
- series
- Mary Roach's Curiosities
- subtitle
- The Curious Science of Humans at War
- publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- bisacCodes
- code: SCI043000
- description: Science / Research & Methodology
- code: SCI056000
- description: Science / Life Sciences / Anatomy & Physiology
- code: TEC025000
- description: Technology & Engineering / Military Science
