Lab girl / Hope Jahren.
Jahren has built three laboratories in which she's studied trees, flowers, seeds, and soil. She tells about her childhood in rural Minnesota with an uncompromising mother and a father who encouraged hours of play in his classroom's labs; about how she found a sanctuary in science, and the disappoint...
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Language: | English |
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New York :
Alfred A. Knopf,
2016.
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Edition: | First edition. |
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Physical Description: | 290 pages ; 25 cm |
Format: | Book |
Summary: |
Jahren has built three laboratories in which she's studied trees, flowers, seeds, and soil. She tells about her childhood in rural Minnesota with an uncompromising mother and a father who encouraged hours of play in his classroom's labs; about how she found a sanctuary in science, and the disappointments, triumphs and exhilarating discoveries of scientific work. Yet at the core of this book is the story of a relationship Jahren forged with Bill, who becomes her lab partner and best friend. Their sometimes rogue adventures in science take them over the Atlantic to the ever-light skies of the North Pole and to tropical Hawaii, where she and her lab currently make their home. |
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Note: | "A Borzoi Book." |
Call Number: | QH31.J344 A3 2016 |
Audience: |
1240L Lexile |
Bibliography Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
ISBN: | 9781101874936 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1101874937 (hardcover : alk. paper) |