The Salmon Cannon and the Levitating Frog: And Other Serious Discoveries of Silly Science - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Basic BooksISBN-13:9781541605213ISBN-10:1541605217UPC:9781541605213Book Category:Science, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Life Sciences, Experiments & Projects, Public PolicyBook Topic:Zoology, Science & Technology PolicySize:8.40 x 5.40 x 1.20 inchesWeight:0.7915Product ID:SC52SZFS33
The Salmon Cannon and the Levitating Frog: And Other Serious Discoveries of Silly Science
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...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Basic BooksISBN-13:9781541605213ISBN-10:1541605217UPC:9781541605213Book Category:Science, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Life Sciences, Experiments & Projects, Public PolicyBook Topic:Zoology, Science & Technology PolicySize:8.40 x 5.40 x 1.20 inchesWeight:0.7915Product ID:SC52SZFS33
Carly Anne York is currently an associate professor at Lenoir-Rhyne University. She received her PhD in ecological studies from Old Dominion University. She is also the author of two nonfiction science books for children, A Day in the Life: Horses and Queens of the Jungle. She lives in North Carolina.
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