The Salmon Cannon and the Levitating Frog'York 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