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01843aam a2200385 i 4500 001 4D9202AED89F11EB81BA7E5E52ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210629010024 008 170424s2017 miu edb 000 0aeng d 020 $a 1432840843 020 $a 9781432840846 035 $a (OCoLC)984740432 040 $a CCE $b eng $e rda $c CCE $d JUH $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 100 1 $a Jahren, Hope, $e author. 245 10 $a Lab girl [large print] / $c Hope Jahren. 250 $a Large print edition. 264 1 $a Farmington Hills, Mich : $b Large Print Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, $c 2017. 300 $a 512 pages (large print) ; $c 22 cm. 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. 650 0 $a Botanists. 650 0 $a Women. 650 0 $a Biologists. 650 0 $a Geobiology. 650 0 $a Large type books. 651 0 $a Austin (Minn.) 655 7 $a Autobiographies. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Anecdotes. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Book club set. $2 local 941 $a 1 945 $a lpt 952 $l S1PD771 $d 20210629010340.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4D9202AED89F11EB81BA7E5E52ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search