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\nAbout the book:
\n"A wondrous debut from an extraordi nary new voice in nonfiction\, \;Why Fish Don&rsquo\;t Exist \;is a dark and astonishing tale of love\, chaos\, scientific obsession\, and&m dash\;possibly&mdash\;even murder.
\nDavid Starr Jordan was a taxono mist\, a man possessed with bringing order to the natural world. In time\, he would be credited with discovering nearly a \;fifth \;of the f ish known to humans in his day. But the more of the hidden blueprint of li fe he uncovered\, the harder the universe seemed to try to thwart him. His specimen collections were demolished by lightning\, by fire\, and eventua lly by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake&mdash\;which sent more than a tho usand of his discoveries\, housed in fragile glass jars\, plummeting to th e floor. In an instant\, his life&rsquo\;s work was shattered.
\nMan y might have given up\, given in to despair. But Jordan? He surveyed the w reckage at his feet\, found the first fish he recognized\, and confidently began to rebuild his collection. And this time\, he introduced one clever innovation that he believed would at last protect his work against the ch aos of the world.
\nWhen NPR reporter Lulu Miller first heard this a necdote in passing\, she took Jordan for a fool&mdash\;a cautionary tale i n hubris\, or denial. But as her own life slowly unraveled\, she began to wonder about him. Perhaps instead he was a model for how to go on when all seemed lost. What she would unearth about his life would transform her un derstanding of history\, morality\, and the world beneath her feet.
\n< p>Part biography\, part memoir\, part scientific adventure\, \;Why Fis h Don&rsquo\;t Exist \;reads like a fable about how to persevere in a world where chaos will always prevail."\nhttps://durangopubliclibrary. libnet.info/event/12114179 URL;VALUE=URI:https://durangopubliclibrary.libnet.info/event/12114179 ATTACH:https://static.libnet.info/images/events/durangopubliclibrary/Book_ Clubs.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR