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

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Book Review| April 01 2022 Why Fish Don’t Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life Why Fish Don’t Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life. By Lulu Miller. 2020. Simon & Schuster. (Paperback ISBN 9781501160349). 256 pp. $17. Ebook and audiobook also available. Kirstin Milks, Kirstin Milks Department Editor Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Frank Brown Cloud Frank Brown Cloud Department Editor fcbrowncloud@protonmail.com Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar The American Biology Teacher (2022) 84 (4): 247–248. https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2022.84.4.247 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Kirstin Milks, Frank Brown Cloud; Why Fish Don’t Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life. The American Biology Teacher 1 April 2022; 84 (4): 247–248. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2022.84.4.247 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentThe American Biology Teacher Search Physicist Steven Weinberg, a central contributor to our current understanding of the elementary particles and forces that compose our universe, passed away last year. He was a brilliant researcher and devoted scientific communicator, attempting to convey the relevance of contemporary findings to people’s lives. Unfortunately, Weinberg is most known for a single quote: “The more the universe seems comprehensible, the more it also seems pointless.” From the example of Weinberg’s life, it’s quite clear that he felt our existence had meaning. The ways we treat each other matter. Weinberg strove to live ethically, even in the face of intense criticism. Still, it’s perilously easy for someone with a materialistic view of the universe to sink into despair. I could go on about this, but surely I don’t need to: as we slump through our third year of global pandemic, probably most of us are far too familiar with despair. Lulu... You do not currently have access to this content.