In “Grunt,” Roach explores “the science of keeping human beings intact, awake, sane, uninfected and uninfested in the bizarre and extreme circumstances of war.” She introduces readers to the common challenges faced by soldiers-including panic, exhaustion, heat, noise-and the scientists devising ways to help them cope.Īmong her adventures along the way, Roach: Her latest book, “Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War” (W.W. Norton & Co., as well as “My Planet: Finding Humor in the Oddest Places” (2013), the complete collection of her “My Planet” articles published in Reader’s Digest. Roach is well known for her humor-tinged and engaging New York Times bestsellers “Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal” (2013), “Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void” (2010), “Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex” (2008), “Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife” (2005) and “Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers” (2003), all published by W.W. American Sign Language interpretation and Communication Access Real Time will be available. Roach’s appearance is presented in cooperation with the College of Visual and Performing Arts and the College of Engineering & Computer Science. She will share the stage with Sandra Hewett, professor of biology and the Beverly Petterson Bishop Professor of Neuroscience, for an informal dialogue.
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