The Salmon Cannon and the Levitating Frog humanity's fire

The Salmon Cannon and the Levitating Frog humanity's fireA 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 Anne York shows how

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God knows the potential he placed inside of you

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they must rise and unite the women of Vietnam into an army

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Drawing on nearly 20 years of experience

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or a life that breaks with tradition to achieve the remarkable

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Traversing a century of climbing that began with the Victorian enthusiasts and ended with the conquest of the great Himalayan peaks

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