Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War by Mary Roach

Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War

Mary Roach

294 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history science technology challenging funny informative fast-paced
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 "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 o...

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