Lab Girl: A Memoir by Hope Jahren PTSD demystifying terms such as polyploidy

demystifying terms such as polyploidy and angiosperm

'A single flight of planes no bigger than a wedge of geese can quickly end this island fantasy

Charles Darwin devoted his last years to the meticulous study of these creatures

it will show kids and mentors alike how to recognize the wonder and intrigue in their midst

Few accounts have seemed more sensational

Lab Girl: A Memoir by Hope Jahren PTSD demystifying terms such as polyploidyNATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER NATIONAL BESTSELLER Geobiologist Hope Jahren has spent her life studying trees, flowers, seeds, and soil. Lab Girl is her revelatory treatise on plant life but it is also a celebration of the lifelong curiosity, humility, and passion that drive every scientist. "Does for botany what Oliver Sacks's essays did for neurology, what Stephen Jay Gould's writings did for paleontology." The New York Times A Kirkus