Why Fish Don’t Exist is a memoir by Lulu Miller. It tells the story of love, loss, and then the hidden order of life. Lulu Miller is an American author, artist, and also a science reporter. She worked for the National Public Radio in the capacity of its producer. Why Fish Don’t Exist is her most recognized literary work. For its audiobook, Lulu Miller has given her voice which was quite wonderfully done.
David Starr Jordan was someone who was possessed in ensuring order to the natural world. He was a taxonomist. He would be credited with discovering almost 1/5th of the fish that are known to humans today. Later on, the collections of his specimen were demolished by fire, lightning, and finally by the earthquake in San Francisco in 1906.
Why Fish Don’t Exist
This was the case which had more than 1000 discoveries sent and were placed in the glass jars. All of a sudden, the life work of David gets completely shattered.
A lot of people in such a scenario could have given up. But, this was not the case with David. He surveyed the entire wreckage of his stuff on his feet. He discovered the very first fish which he recognized. He started to rebuild his collections of specimen right from scratch and with full confidence. This time, the things came with a very smart innovation which he thought would take his project to a successful conclusion.
Why Fish Don’t Exist is a short book that lasts just under five hours. This was given as the best book of 2020 by NPR, The Washington Post, Smithsonian and Chicago Tribune, etc. The book tells an astonishing and dark tale of chaos, love, loss, scientific obsession, and murder as well.
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