Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life

by Lulu Miller

“This is the book I’ve recommended to people more than any other in the past year.” —Ari Shapiro, host of NPR’s All Things Considered

people experiencing stress or anxiety would turn to collecting to soothe their pain.

he was known for locking his students in a closet with dead animals and not allowing them to emerge until they had discovered “all the truths which the objects contained.”

scientists believed in a magical substance called “phlogiston” that determined whether or not a material would burn;