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02491aam a2200517Ii 4500 001 07B008DA144511E7A7875A7BDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20170329010027 008 160616s2017 nyu b 000 0aeng d 020 $a 1101873728 020 $a 9781101873724 035 $a (OCoLC)951948195 040 $a BTCTA $b eng $e rda $c BTCTA $d BDX $d YDXCP $d CLE $d BKL $d MOV $d OCLCO $d JUH $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 100 1 $a Jahren, Hope, $e author. 245 10 $a Lab girl / $c Hope Jahren. 250 $a First Vintage Books edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Vintage Books, $c 2017. 300 $a 290 pages ; $c 21 cm 500 $a Originally published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2016. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 505 0 $a Prologue -- Roots and leaves -- Wood and knots -- Flowers and fruit -- Epilogue. 520 $a 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. 600 10 $a Jahren, Hope. 650 0 $a Paleobotanists $v Biography. 650 0 $a Women botanists $v Biography. 650 0 $a Biologists $v Biography. 650 0 $a Geobiology $x Research $v Anecdotes. 651 0 $a Austin (Minn.) $v Biography. 655 7 $a Autobiographies. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Anecdotes. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Biographies & Memoirs. $2 local 655 7 $a Science & Technology. $2 local 655 7 $a Nonfiction. $2 local 941 $a 10 952 $l ORAX826 $d 20211102010256.0 952 $l BNPD611 $d 20210323025755.0 952 $l ESPD725 $d 20210302155316.0 952 $l CEAX572 $d 20200508022319.0 952 $l WGPB115 $d 20200107142331.0 952 $l BZPC851 $d 20191226100824.0 952 $l HRPE845 $d 20181222010635.0 952 $l ETPD745 $d 20180808032512.0 952 $l GUPF501 $d 20170801011819.0 952 $l S1PD771 $d 20170329010433.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=07B008DA144511E7A7875A7BDAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search