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Grunt : the curious science of humans at war
Record details
- ISBN: 9780393245455
- ISBN: 0393245454
- ISBN: 9780393245448
- ISBN: 0393245446
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Physical Description:
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1 online resource (285 pages) : illustrations. - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2016]
- Copyright: ©2016
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [277]-285). |
| 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 could 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. |
| Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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| Genre: | History. Electronic books. |
