The Book of Eels

The more we learn about the workings of this world, the more we cherish the mysteries that remain. The eel - its multiple transformation, its migration patterns, its as-of-yet unobserved reproduction - has been one of those elusive riddles that has obsessed scientists for centuries. Svensson writes a wonderful little book that's part science history, part personal memoir, part musings on the nature of mysteries and death.