The Salmon Cannon and the Levitating Frog : And Other Serious Discoveries of Silly Science - Carly Anne York Pages:288 pages, 15 B&W illustrations

The Salmon Cannon and the Levitating Frog : And Other Serious Discoveries of Silly Science - Carly Anne York Pages:288 pages, 15 B&W illustrationsYork is a witty, whip smart, lithely engaging science storyteller, truly one of our best' Mary Roach, author of Stiff and Fuzz A playful examination of how science's silliest research leads to crucial breakthroughs and enduring insights. Why would anyone research how elephants pee? Or study worms who tie themselves into a communal knot? Or quantify the squishability of a cockroach? Carly Anne York shows how unappreciated, overlooked and simply

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In her administrative job at the Academy

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the boy's cunning intelligence takes a disturbing turn

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engaging and deeply affecting' LISA SMITH_________________It's 1945 and Winifred 'Freddy' Vaux fears she's the only person who isn't thrilled the war is over