![]() In Grunt, Roach interviews entomologists who raise medicinal maggots surgeons who reconstruct genitalia for soldiers who lost their’s to IEDs submarine and corpsman instructors audiologists and numerous soldiers, sailors, and marines to gather stories and facts. Her latest book, Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War, takes us behind the scenes to show us the men and woman who work to keep our fighting forces healthy, sane, and relatively safe. ![]() ![]() She has parlayed her curiosity about everything and her delightfully immature sense of humor into a career shedding light on weird science. If I wasn’t a librarian, I would love to have a job like Mary Roach’s. These searches frequently turn up bizarre studies that make me wonder how on earth anyone got their grant approved (getting rats addicted to cocaine comes to mind here). ![]() One of my favorite things as a librarian is helping people search for odd topics. ![]()
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