Lab Girl by Hope Jahren (2016) 290 pages
Hope Jahren's book, Lab Girl, takes us through her life from the time she was a small child playing in her father's lab in Minnesota until more recent times as a scientist in Hawaii. Her successes, failures, humor and vulnerability are all depicted, as is her long collaboration/friendship with Bill, whom she met while they were students at Berkeley, where she earned her PhD.
Just as fascinating as her life are her stories about trees, leaves, soils and more. Her words flow as she describes biological wonders that are all around us, in words that a non-scientist can appreciate.
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