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Lab girl / Hope Jahren.

By: Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2016Copyright date: 2016Edition: First editionDescription: 290 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781101873724
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Lab girl.DDC classification:
  • 580.92 B 23
LOC classification:
  • QH31.J344 A3 2016
NLM classification:
  • Q 143 .J253
Other classification:
  • BIO015000 | BIO022000 | SCI008000 | NAT026000 | BIO026000
  • cci1icc
  • coll13
Online resources:
Contents:
Prologue -- Roots and leaves -- Wood and knots -- Flowers and fruit -- Epilogue.
Awards:
  • National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography, 2017
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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
BOOK BOOK NCAR Library Foothills Lab QH31 .J344 .A3 2016 1 Available 50583020010843
BOOK BOOK NCAR Library Mesa Lab QH31 .J344 .A3 2016 2 Available 50583020017368
Total holds: 0

"A Borzoi Book."

Includes bibliographical references.

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.

National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography, 2017

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