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The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World
By Svensson, Patrik
- ISBN
- 9780062968814
- Publisher
- Ecco: HarperCollins
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Starred Review on May 1, 2020 | Science & Technology
Eels have been mysterious creatures throughout time, provoking even the greatest minds. Aristotle was wrong about them and Sigmund Freud was baffled by them. Rachel Carson anthropomorphized them to make them more relatable to her readers. In this debut, Swedish journalist Svensson traces our understanding of eels, specifically the European eel. (The American and Japanese eel get few but valuable pages.) T...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
