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Book SynopsisThe quirky and profound international bestseller - a darkly astonishing scientific biography and a guide on how to live well in a world where chaos come for us all
'A sumptuous, surprising, dark delight' Carmen Maria Machado
'Genre-defying . . . fast-moving, deftly balanced, full of surprises' Guardian's Books of the Day
'Her book took me to strange depths I never imagined, and I was smitten' New York Times Book Review
'A magical hybrid of science, portraiture and memoir' Susan Orlean
'Wholly unique and a true delight' Refinery29
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If fish don't exist, what else do we have wrong?
As a child, Lulu Miller's scientist father taught her that chaos will come for us all. There is no cosmic destiny, no plan. Enter David Starr Jordan, 19th-century taxonomist and believer in order. A fish specialist devoted to mapping out the great tree of life, who spent his days pi
