From the very interesting book Why Fish Don’t Exit by Lulu Miller.
To some people, a dandelion might look like a weed, but to others that same plant can be so much more. To an herbalist, it’s a medicine–a way of detoxifying the liver, clearing the skin, and strengthening the eyes. To a painter, it’s a pigment; to a hippie, a crown; a child, a wish. To a butterfly, it’s sustenance; to a bee, a mating bed; to an ant, one point in a vast olfactory atlas.
The book details the life of David Starr Jordan a taxonomist who controversial life defies classification. The books is short with some interesting twist and turns in the story. Recommended.
