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- ▣ 상기 도서는 파손도서로 제본불량, 스크래치, 오염, 칼자국, 구김, 찢김 및 산화작용으로 변색된 도서일 수 있으며 정상도서와는 차이가 있습니다. * 교환 및 반품 절대 불가 *『물고기는 존재하지 않는다 - 상실, 사랑 그리고 숨어 있는 삶의 질서에 관한 이야기』
‘방송계의 퓰리처상’ 피버디상 수상자 룰루 밀러의
사랑과 혼돈, 과학적 집착에 관한 경이롭고도 충격적인 데뷔작!
‘방송계의 퓰리처상’으로 불리는 피버디상(Peabody Awards)을 수상한 과학 전문기자 룰루 밀러의 경이로운 논픽션 《물고기는 존재하지 않는다》는 여러 언론 매체에서 ‘2020년 최고의 책’으로 선정할 만큼 수많은 찬사를 받은 화제의 베스트셀러다.
A “remarkable” (Los Angeles Times), “seductive” (The Wall Street Journal) debut from the new cohost of Radiolab, Why Fish Don’t Exist is a dark and astonishing tale of love, chaos, scientific obsession, and—possibly—even murder.
“At one point, Miller dives into the ocean into a school of fish…comes up for air, and realizes she’s in love. That’s how I felt: Her book took me to strange depths I never imagined, and I was smitten.” —The New York Times Book Review
David Starr Jordan was a taxonomist, a man possessed with bringing order to the natural world. In time, he would be credited with discovering nearly a fifth of the fish known to humans in his day. But the more of the hidden blueprint of life he uncovered, the harder the universe seemed to try to thwart him. His specimen collections were demolished by lightning, by fire, and eventually by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake—which sent more than a thousand discoveries, housed in fragile glass jars, plummeting to the floor. In an instant, his life’s work was shattered.
Many might have given up, given in to despair. But Jordan? He surveyed the wreckage at his feet, found the first fish that 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 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 history, morality, and the world beneath her feet.
사랑과 혼돈, 과학적 집착에 관한 경이롭고도 충격적인 데뷔작!
‘방송계의 퓰리처상’으로 불리는 피버디상(Peabody Awards)을 수상한 과학 전문기자 룰루 밀러의 경이로운 논픽션 《물고기는 존재하지 않는다》는 여러 언론 매체에서 ‘2020년 최고의 책’으로 선정할 만큼 수많은 찬사를 받은 화제의 베스트셀러다.
집착에 가까울 만큼 자연계에 질서를 부여하려 했던 19세기 어느 과학자의 삶을 흥미롭게 좇아가는 이 책은 어느 순간 독자들을 혼돈의 한복판으로 데려가서 우리가 믿고 있던 삶의 질서에 관해 한 가지 의문을 제기한다. “물고기가 존재하지 않는다는 것은 엄연한 하나의 사실이다. 그렇다면 우리는 또 무엇을 잘못 알고 있을까?” 하고 말이다. 누군가에게는 이 질문이 살아가는 데 아무런 영향을 미치지 않을 수도 있다. 하지만 세상을 바라보는 “진실한 관계들”에 한층 가까이 다가가기 위해 노력하는 사람들에게는 분명 이 책이 놀라운 영감과 어느 한쪽으로도 치우치지 않는 폭넓은 시야를 제공해줄 것이다.
A “remarkable” (Los Angeles Times), “seductive” (The Wall Street Journal) debut from the new cohost of Radiolab, Why Fish Don’t Exist is a dark and astonishing tale of love, chaos, scientific obsession, and—possibly—even murder.
“At one point, Miller dives into the ocean into a school of fish…comes up for air, and realizes she’s in love. That’s how I felt: Her book took me to strange depths I never imagined, and I was smitten.” —The New York Times Book Review
David Starr Jordan was a taxonomist, a man possessed with bringing order to the natural world. In time, he would be credited with discovering nearly a fifth of the fish known to humans in his day. But the more of the hidden blueprint of life he uncovered, the harder the universe seemed to try to thwart him. His specimen collections were demolished by lightning, by fire, and eventually by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake—which sent more than a thousand discoveries, housed in fragile glass jars, plummeting to the floor. In an instant, his life’s work was shattered.
Many might have given up, given in to despair. But Jordan? He surveyed the wreckage at his feet, found the first fish that 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 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 history, morality, and the world beneath her feet.
Part biography, part memoir, part scientific adventure, Why Fish Don’t Exist is a wondrous fable about how to persevere in a world where chaos will always prevail.
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