The salmon cannon and the levitating frog : and other serious discoveries of silly 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 Anne York shows how unappr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	York, Carly Anne (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Basic Books, Hachette Book Group, 2025.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Discoveries in science > History > Popular works. Discoveries in science > Anecdotes. Discoveries in science > Humor. Research > Political aspects. Découvertes scientifiques > Histoire > Ouvrages de vulgarisation. Découvertes scientifiques > Anecdotes. Découvertes scientifiques > Humour. Recherche > Aspect politique. Experiments & Projects. Science & Technology Policy. Public Policy. POLITICAL SCIENCE. SCIENCE. Discoveries in science. Research. Humor. humor. Humour.

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Eureka! The screwiest idea
Rodent rubdowns
The law of urination.