Why fish don't exist : a story of finding our way in a chaotic world
Miller, Lulu, 1983-2025
Book
When Lulu Miller's relationship falls apart, she turns to an unlikely figure for guidance - the 19th-century naturalist, David Starr Jordan. Pouring over his diaries, Lulu discovers a man obsessed with nature's hidden order, devoted to studying shimmering scales and sailing the world in search of new species of fish.
Main title:
Why fish don't exist : a story of finding our way in a chaotic world / Lulu Miller ; illustrations by Kate Samworth.
Author:
Miller, Lulu, 1983-, authorSamworth, Kate, illustrator
Imprint:
London : Pushkin Press, 2025.
Collation:
240 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: New York: Simon & Schuster, 2020.Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781805337614 (pbk)
Dewey class:
595.7092595.709 MIL
Language:
English
Subject:
Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931Miller, Lulu, 1983-Naturalists -- United States -- BiographyIchthyologists -- United States -- BiographyEducators -- United States -- BiographyBiology -- ClassificationBiographyBiography & non-fiction proseBiography: science, technology & medicineMemoirsTaxonomy & systematicsZoology: fishes (ichthyology)
BRN:
4115797