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RECORD NUMBER: 65 OF 177Main Title | Lab girl / | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Author | Jahren, Hope, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher | Alfred A. Knopf, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Year Published | 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
OCLC Number | 910979636 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ISBN | 1101874937; 9781101874936 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subjects | Biologists--United States--Biography ; Geobiology--Research--Anecdotes ; Physical sciences ; Botany ; Paleontology ; Women botanists--United States--Biography ; Women scientists--United States--Biography ; People with bipolar disorder--United States--Biography ; Women, Working ; Natural Science Disciplines ; Research Personnel ; Faculty ; Manic-depressive persons ; Autobiographies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Additional Subjects | Jahren, Hope | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Edition | First edition. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Collation | 290 pages ; 25 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes | "This is a Borzoi Book"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references. |
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Contents Notes | Prologue -- Roots and leaves -- Wood and knots -- Flowers and fruit -- Epilogue. 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. |