Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War

by Mary Roach

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393245446
• ISBN13: 9780393245448
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.4"