A joyful read with a lot of depth , York's book will make you the hit of the dinner party (or online conversation) with her pithy and fun stories of how "silly science" is anything but. York shows - through examples from Archimedes' tub to how Gila Monsters led to the discovery of Ozempic - that what some see as pointless inquiry so often leads to a great discovery or key scientific insight. From the eccentric to the inspiring, York proves that human curiosity is an imperative part of the scientific process, and that there are rarely wasted experiments.