Jahren, Hope. <br/><br/>
Lab girl / 
Hope Jahren 
 - First edition 
 - 290 pages ;  25 cm 
<br/><br/> "A Borzoi Book." 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references 
<br/><br/>Prologue -- Roots and leaves -- Wood and knots -- Flowers and fruit -- Epilogue 
<br/><br/> 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 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781101874936 1101874937 9781101873724 1101873728 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2015024305 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Jahren, Hope.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Paleobotanists--Biography.<br/>Women botanists--Biography.<br/>Biologists--United States--Biography.<br/>Geobiology--Research--Anecdotes.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Austin (Minn.)--Biography.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Autobiographies.<br/>Anecdotes.<br/>Biographies.