Bøger af Lulu Miller

A Best Book of 2020: The Washington Post * NPR * Chicago Tribune * Smithsonian 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 ReviewDavid 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.

When Lulu Miller's relationship falls apart, she turns to an unlikely figure for guidance - the 19th-century naturalist, David Starr Jordan. Pouring over his diaries, Lulu discovers a man obsessed with nature's hidden order, devoted to studying shimmering scales and sailing the world in search of new species of fish. After the 1906 San Francisco earthquake sends more than a thousand of Jordan's specimens, housed in glass jars, plummeting to the ground, his story of resilience leads Lulu to believe she has found the antidote to life's unpredictability. But lurking behind the tale of this great taxonomist lies a darker story waiting to be told: one about the human cost of attempting to define the form of things unknown. An idiosyncratic, personal approach to this fascinating scientific biography, Why Fish Don't Exist is an astonishing tale of newfound love, scientific discovery and how to live well in a world governed by chaos.

Trucky Roads sees all kinds of trucks, and when he imagines the kinds of trucks that could be, there's no stopping him.

Una historia de pérdidas, adversidades y la libertad de vivir sin límitesLulu Miller, reportera de npr, atravesaba una profunda crisis en su vida cuando encontró una historia que cambió su manera de ver el mundo: la de un científico admirado por la comunidad de la Universidad de Stanford, capaz de cometer un crimen atroz para mantenerse como director.Su investigación periodística la llevó a reconsiderar las imposiciones sociales que nos sujetan a una concepción de felicidad que puede destruirnos. Una de sus reflexiones surgió al enterarse de que la categoría peces, aplicada a tantos seres marinos, es errónea, y usarla es tan absurdo como llamar cabras a todos los seres que viven en la montaña. A partir de su experiencia escribió esta deslumbrante fábula sobre cómo perseverar en un mundo donde siempre prevalece el caos. Aceptar que una idea tan arraigada puede cambiar y que los peces quizá no existan puede llevarnos a vivir una libertad plena.'Maravilloso y brillante, completamente insuperable... Amo este libro'. John Green, autor de Bajo la misma estrella