The Salmon Cannon and the Levitating Frog And Other Serious Discoveries of Silly Science Dwight Evans and his puzzle-loving mind is

and his puzzle-loving mind is slowly freezing over--until Margot shows up

the gentle nonspeaking giant whom Carlos seeks to befriend (and prevent from escaping)

No victory can come without sacrifice--and only she can face the oncoming storm

For fans of Gene Luen Yang's American Born Chinese and Svetlana Chmakova's Awkward

but the instinct remains the same: to seek out the unspeakable

The Salmon Cannon and the Levitating Frog And Other Serious Discoveries of Silly Science Dwight Evans and his puzzle-loving mind isBy: Carly Anne York Published by Basic Books, 2025 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 and the