물고기는 존재하지 않는다 Why Fish Don't Exist by Lulu Miller

 

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Why Fish Don't Exist by Lulu Miller

 

일러스트가 정말 독특하고 매력적이다! I love the illustrations, so unique!

❤️처음에 책에 대한 아무 정보도 없을 때 표지와 제목을 보고 소설이라고 생각했었지만 논픽션인 책이다. 처음에는 문체 때문인지 책이 조금 두껍고 빽빽하게 느껴졌다. 그리고 저자의 프로필을 보고는 과학에 대한 교양서적인가?하고 생각을 했기 때문에 책이 어렵고 지루할 거라고 생각했었다. 막상 책장을 넘겨가며 읽다보니 웬만한 소설보다 더 흡입력이 있었고, 저자의 발자취를 따라 데이비드 스타 조던의 일생을 바라보는 일은 최근 듣고 읽어온 어떤 이야기보다 흥미진진했다. 과학을 좋아했고, 전공했고, 지금도 어떻게 보면 나만의 방식으로 몸담고 있다고 생각할 수 있는 나에게는 특히 더 관심이 가는 이야기였다. 과학적 신념을 갖는 것의 양면과 그 잠재적 위험성에 대해서 깊이 생각해 볼 수 있었고, 삶의 의미와 가치관까지 아울러 생각의 물꼬를 터 주는 날카롭고 신선한 책이었다.

💙I saw this book on my friend's Instagram post. She just uploaded a picture of the book and left a short comment "incredibly inspiring". Somehow, I thought that this book would be fiction but actually, it is non-fiction. When I started exploring this story, it felt a little hard to read because of the author's voice, and the way she talks. Also during the early phase of reading, I thought that this book must be an essay about scientific knowledge because of Lulu Miller's profile. However, this book mesmerized me with its unique subject. Basically, it was just following the life of David Starr Jordan with Lulu Miller, but the intertwined life stories of David Starr Jordan and Lulu Miller was the most fascinating story ever among the books I recently read. It was very special to me, a person who studied science and is trying to work for science. This book made me think about how important to consider the potential consequences of having a scientific belief. Moreover, it inspired me with its own views of the meaning of life.