Lab girl : a story of trees, science and love / Hope Jahren.
Publication details: London : Fleet, 2016.Description: 290 pages ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780349006185 (paperback)
- 570.92 23
- Winner 2016 National Book Critics Circle Award - Non-fiction.
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Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Biography | 570.92 JAH | Available | 064732 |
"An illuminating debut memoir of a woman in science; a moving portrait of a longtime friendship; and a stunningly fresh look at plants that will forever change how you see the natural world,"--Amazon.com.
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 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.
Winner 2016 National Book Critics Circle Award - Non-fiction.