The Salmon Cannon and the Levitating Frog: And Other Serious Discoveries of Silly Science

by Carly Anne York

A brilliant new voice in science writing--"witty, whip-smart, truly one of our best" (Mary Roach)--shows why playfulness and curiosity are the key to science

Why would anyone research how elephants pee? Or study worms who tie themselves into a communal knot? Or quantify the squishability of a cockroach? It all sounds pointless, silly, or even disgusting.

Maybe it is. But in The Salmon Cannon and the Levitating Frog, Carly...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1541605217
• ISBN13: 9781541605213
• Release Date: June 2025
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.5"