Lab Girl

Acclaimed scientist Hope Jahren has built three laboratories in which she s studied trees, flowers, seeds, and soil Her first book is a revelatory treatise on plant life but it is also so much Lab Girl is a book about work, love, and the mountains that can be moved when those two things come together It is told through Jahren s stories 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 learned to perform lab work done with both the heart and the hands and about the inevitable disappointments, but also the triumphs and exhilarating discoveries, of scientific work.Yet at the core of this book is the story of a relationship Jahren forged with a brilliant, wounded man named Bill, who becomes her lab partner and best friend Their sometimes rogue adventures in science take them from the Midwest across the United States and back again, 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. Best Download Lab Girl [ By ] Hope Jahren [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr Science has taught me that everything iscomplicated than we first assume, and that being able to derive happiness from discovery is a recipe for a beautiful life While it may be a beautiful life in many ways, it has not been an easy one Anne Hope Jahren is a geobiologist currently working at the University of Oslo This represents a bit of homecoming, as her ancestors emigrated from Norway to Minnesota Her father was a science teacher at a community college She writes about having the Science has taught me that everything iscomplicated than we first assume, and that being able to derive happiness from discovery is a recipe for a beautiful life While it may be a beautiful life in many ways, it has not been an easy one Anne Hope Jahren is a geobiologist currently working at the University of Oslo This represents a bit of homecoming, as her ancestors emigrated from Norway to Minnesota Her father was a science teacher at a community college She writ...I love Lab Girl..love, love, love, LOVE this book I have a new crush on both Hope Jahren, Geochemist and author of Lab Girl , and Hope s lab partner, Bill I m moved inspired speechless breathless teary eyed throughout this entire reading experience I m grateful altered having read Hope Jahren s memoir 5 stars from me Tidbits since I couldn t begin to say enough wonderful things found on EVERY PAGE..OMG anybody who is close to me rea I love Lab Girl..love, love, love, LOVE this book I have a new crush on both Hope Jahren, Geochemist and author of Lab Girl , and Hope s lab partner, Bill I m moved inspired speechless breathless teary eyed throughout this entire reading experience I m grateful altered having read Hope Jahren s memoir 5 stars from me Tidbits since I couldn t begin to say enough wonderful things foun...So yesterday, I had to take down a smaller tree in my yard I knew what was happening as I pulled on the root, seeing the main taproot, the one my tree had grown straight down and spent it s lifetime trying to maintain Then came the side roots, the ones put out for stability, called runners My tree had suckers, green shoots coming from the runners, still living, still choosing life, even though its main source had died Taking down that tree of mine was an emotional experience I ll never look So yesterday, I had to take down a smaller tree in my yard I knew what was happening as I pulled on the root, seeing the main taproot, the one my tree had grown straight down and spent it s lifetime trying to maintain Then came the side roots, the ones put out for stability, called runners My tree had suckers, green shoots coming from the runners, still living, still choosing life, even though its main source had died Taking down that tree of mine was an emotional experience I ll never look at a tree the same way after reading this book Hope Jahren is truly gifted Her memoir was fantastic I loved how she explained the science of paleobiology in easy to understand terminology, some of which, as a geologist myself, I had never fully understood But, this book is so muchIt s her story Of being a woman in a mans world, of her long term relationship with her assistant Bill She is always in the pursuit o...A high 4 stars I can t possibly describe what Lab Girl is about or review it with any linearity, because this is a tangled web of strands of memoir, natural history, philosophical musings and random thoughts Here are my own thoughts in no particular order This is an ode to trees and plants This is a love letter to friendship generally and to Jahren s friend and lab partner Bill in particular This is a reflection on the potency of motherhood This is a peek into the lives of quirky people tr A high 4 stars I can t possibly describe what Lab Girl is about or review it with any linearity, because this is a tangled web of strands of memoir, natural history, philosophical musings and random thoughts Here are my own thoughts in no particular order...3.5 When I first started reading this I wasinterested in the chapters, which alternated with her personal story, on the trees and plants That changed though as I read on Loved her story too, her beginning passion for the sciences, her childhood and going with her dad to his lab, her first jobs which I found eye opening, and her wonderful long term friendship with Bill He would become her lab partner, the person she bounced ideas off of and shared triumphs and disappointments with The t 3.5 When I first started reading this I wasinterested in the chapters, which alternated with her personal story, on the trees and plants That changed though as I read on Loved her story too, her beginning passion for the sciences, her childhood and going with her dad to his lab, her first jobs which I found eye opening, and her wonderful long term friendship with Bill He would become her lab partner, the person she bounced ideas off of and shared triumphs and disappointments with The truly difficult work of starting a new lab, ...I am not a scientist, but I loved this memoir about science.Hope Jahren is a botanist who is passionate about her field Lab Girl is a beautifully written book about her life her childhood in Minnesota with taciturn parents how she developed a love of trees and plants her early experiences in laboratory work the ongoing struggle to get research funding her battle with anxiety and depression the longtime friendship with her lab partner, Bill and how she eventually met her spouse and becam I am not a scientist, but I loved this memoir about science.Hope Jahren is a botanist who is passionate about her field Lab Girl is a beaut...Lab Girl 5 Stars I think something really special happens when a scientist has the ability to use the written word to successfully communicate and explain to the rest of us what they do.It s like in Baseball when the pitcher also happens to be good at batting It s not in their job description, we don t expect them to, but when it happens is extremely exhilarating I don t know if Hope Jahren likes baseball, but I found her writing utterly exquisite.As the daughter of a father who was a p Lab Girl 5 Stars I think something really special happens when a scientist has the ability to use the written word to successfully communicate and explain to the rest of us what they do.It s like in Baseball when the pitcher also happens to be good at batting It s not in their job description, we don t expect them to, but when it happens is extremely exhilarating I don t know if Hope Jahren likes baseball, but I found her writing utterly exquisite.As the daughter of a father who was a physics and earth science teacher and a mother who instilled in her a love for literature, Jahren charmingly blends b...For trees that live in the snow, winter is a journey Plants do not travel through space as we do as a rule they do not move from place to place Instead they travel through time, enduring one event after the other, and in this sense, winter is a particularly long trip Trees follow the standard advice given for any extended travel within a rustic setting pack carefully I came away, after reading Lab Girl, awed and delighted How amazing to be able to walk along side the mind of ...Because I am a female scientist, nobody knows what the hell I am, and it has given me the delicious freedom to make it up as I go along This memoir puts so many things together that it shouldn t work, yet somehow delightfully does With witty anecdotes and recreated dialogue, Jahren tells about her Minnesota upbringing, her long years in education, her ultimate specialization in geobiology botany, crossing the country to take up academic posts in Atlanta, Balti and Hawaii, her long ti Because I am a female scientist, nobody knows what the hell I am, and it has given me the delicious freedom to make it up as I go along This memoir puts so many things together that it shouldn t work, yet somehow delightfully does With witty anecdotes and recreated dialogue, Jahren tells about her Minnesota upbringing, her long years in education...I found this in an Independent Book store one day, not by actually seeing the book, there was a note on a card attached to an empty shelf It said, Lab Girl by Hope Jahren THE BEST BOOK I HAVE READ IN A LONG WHILE Buy it So I asked where it was and the gal behind the stacks ran off, returned, and placed it in my hand, You ll love it I promise Her enthusiasm caused me to not hesitate and pay full retail on the spot This is not just a Memoir as far as memoirs go It is well written with ...

• English
• 20 June 2018
Hope Jahren
• Hardcover
• 290 pages
• 1101874937
• Hope Jahren
• Lab Girl