Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/91027to listen full audiobooks. Title: Why Fish Don't Exist Author: Lulu Miller Narrator: Lulu Miller Format: mp3 Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins Release date: 04-14-20 Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 3,432 ratings Genres: Science & Technology Publisher's Summary: 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. When his specimen collections were demolished by lightning, by fire, and eventually by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, 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.

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