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03464cam a2200541 i 4500 001 AC59E1AE35DE11EFBE1930C227ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240629011316 008 200706t20212020nyua b 000 0beng d 020 $a 1501160346 020 $a 9781501160349 035 $a (OCoLC)1162990322 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d CLE $d OCLCO $d TP7 $d ITD $d IHI $d OCLCF $d XII $d OCLCO $d JYJ $d OCL $d OCLCO $d UAB $d JTA $d OCL $d S1C $d OCLCO $d OCLCL $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 4 $a QL31.J6 $b M55 2021 082 04 $a 590.92 $2 23 100 1 $a Miller, Lulu, $d 1983- $e author. $1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjGqXTR4HHbtrTTmM6GwP3 245 10 $a Why fish don't exist : $b a story of loss, love, and the hidden order of life / $c Lulu Miller ; illustrations by Kate Samworth. 246 3 $a Why fish do not exist 250 $a First Simon & Schuster paperback edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, $c 2021. 300 $a 228 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 21 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 505 00 $t Deus ex machina. $t A prophet on an island -- $t A godless interlude -- $t Chasing tail -- $t Genesis in a jar -- $t Smash -- $t The indestructible -- $t On delusion -- $t The bitterest thing in the world -- $t A veritable chamber of horrors -- $t The ladder -- $t Dandelions -- $t Deus ex machina. 520 $a "David Starr Jordan was a taxonomist, a man possessed with bringing order to the natural world. But chaos seemed out to get him. His fish collections were demolished by lightning, by fire, and eventually by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake-which sent more than a thousand of his discoveries, housed in fragile glass jars, plummeting to the floor. In an instant, his life's work was shattered. But instead of giving it to despair, Jordan introduced one clever innovation that he believed would at last protect his work against the chaos of the world. When NPR reporter Lulu Miller first heard this anecdote in passing, she took Jordan for a fool-a cautionary tale in 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 understanding of nature, history, morality, and love."--Back cover. 600 10 $a Jordan, David Starr, $d 1851-1931. 610 20 $a Stanford University $x History. 650 0 $a Naturalists $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Educators $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Ichthyologists $z United States $v Biography. 650 6 $a Naturalistes $z EÌtats-Unis $v Biographies. 650 6 $a EÌducateurs $z EÌtats-Unis $v Biographies. 650 6 $a Ichtyologistes $z EÌtats-Unis $v Biographies. 600 17 $a Jordan, David Starr, $d 1851-1931 $2 fast $1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJjMw7K7ggrWfhxb3VwXBP 610 27 $a Stanford University $2 fast 650 7 $a Educators $2 fast 650 7 $a Ichthyologists $2 fast 650 7 $a Naturalists $2 fast 651 7 $a United States $2 fast $1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq 655 7 $a Biographies $2 fast 655 7 $a History $2 fast 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 rvmgf 700 1 $a Samworth, Kate, $e illustrator. 941 $a 1 $n 1 952 $l XWPC787 $d 20240701101624.0 $n 7 $p 6 paperbacks, 1 CD Audio 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=AC59E1AE35DE11EFBE1930C227ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOZInitiate Another SILO Locator Search