Why fish don't exist : a story of loss, love, and the hidden order of life

"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, ho...

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Auteur principal : Miller Lulu (Auteur)
Autres auteurs : Samworth Kate (Illustrateur)
Format : Livre
Langue : anglais
Titre complet : Why fish don't exist : a story of loss, love, and the hidden order of life / Lulu Miller; illustrations by Kate Samworth
Édition : First Simon & Schuster
Publié : New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks , 2021
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (228 p.)
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