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# Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life Hardcover – April 14, 2020

**Brand:** lulu miller
**Price:** 321 zł
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- **What is this?** Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life Hardcover – April 14, 2020 by lulu miller
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Captivating, surprising, and ultimately hopeful
  

*by L***D on Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2024*

WHY FISH DON'T EXIST is a short but well-written and captivating book which combines biography, memoir, science (particularly taxonomy), and philosophy. Written by Lulu Miller, who cohosts both RadioLab and NPR’s Invisibilia podcast, the book recounts Miller’s fascination and subsequent disillusionment with David Starr Jordan, a prominent scientist and scholar during the late 19th and early 20th century. An ichthyologist, passionate about taxonomy, Jordan rose to become the first president of Stanford University and, following his retirement, an outspoken advocate for peace. But as Miller shares her discoveries about Jordan with the reader, a darker side of the man emerges.Miller’s writing is engaging, even poetic at times, and she certainly knows how to tell a story. She punctuates the biographical chapters with sections on her own life and her struggle to find meaning and order in a universe where chaos reigns supreme. Despite some darker sections*, it’s ultimately a hopeful book, and one I am glad to have read.*CW: Readers should be aware that the book includes discussions of some difficult topics, including suicidal ideation, eugenics, and murder.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Provocative
  

*by C***Y on Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2021*

This is a book in three parts, memoir, philosophy, biography.  The memoir is of a thirty year old on a quest of self-discovery.  The philosophy is a deep analysis of the interrelation of all things in nature and the uniqueness of each one.  The biography is of David Starr Jordan, the first president of Stanford University and an ichthyologist who identified and catalogued over 2500 species of fish.The author's insights are provocative and her point of view is interesting to read and appreciate without regard to whether it can be accepted in whole cloth.  She is intrigued by David Starr Jordan and his tenacious pursuit of his objectives regardless of the hardships, disappointments set-backs that he encountered.  She tries to incorporate that tenaciousness into her own quests.The book is admirable for the amount of research she put into its writing.  Its one major flaw is the author's need to "cancel" David Starr Jordan because of his adoption of eugenics.  As odious as we view the eugenics movement today, a century ago it was "accepted science."  David Starr Jordan may have been one of the more prominent proponents of eugenics, but he was not the only one, by far.  To the contrary, the eugenics movement largely drove American immigration policy in the late Nineteenth Century and early Twentieth Century.  To dismiss Jordan because of his views on eugenics deprives us of the breadth of his other notable work.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    One of my all-time favorites!
  

*by J***D on Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2024*

The last time I raved about a book was Marquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude--and that was over 25 years ago. I'm always hesitant to push a book strongly, but this book was well written, heavily (but not too) detailed, full of twists and turns, and just took my breath away as it ended.  Read it!

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