Lab Girl

A Memoir

De: Hope Jahren

Narrado por: Hope Jahren

National Book Critics Circle Award winner, Autobiography, 2016.

An illuminating debut memoir of a woman in science; a moving portrait of a longtime collaboration, in work and in life; and a stunningly fresh look at plants that will forever change how you see and think about the natural world.

Acclaimed scientist Hope Jahren has built three laboratories in which she's studied trees, flowers, seeds, and soil. Her first book might have been a revelatory treatise on plant life. Lab Girl is that, but it is also so much more. Because in it, Jahren also shares with us her inspiring life story, in prose that takes your breath away.

Lab Girl is a book about work, about love, and about the mountains that can be moved when those two things come together. It is told through Jahren's remarkable stories: about the things she's discovered in her lab as well as how she got there; about her childhood - hours of unfettered play in her father's laboratory; about how she found a sanctuary in science and learned to perform lab work "with both the heart and the hands"; about a brilliant and wounded man named Bill, who became her loyal colleague and best friend; about their adventurous, sometimes rogue research trips, which take them from the Midwest all across the United States and over the Atlantic, from the ever-light skies of the North Pole to tropical Hawaii; and about her constant striving to do and be the best she could, never allowing personal or professional obstacles to cloud her dedication to her work.

Jahren's probing look at plants, her astonishing tenacity of spirit, and her insights on nature enliven every minute of this book. Lab Girl allows us to see with clear eyes the beautiful, sophisticated mechanisms within every leaf, blade of grass, and flower petal and the power within ourselves to face - with bravery and conviction - life's ultimate challenge: discovering who we are.

©2016 Hope Jahren (P)2016 Random House Audio

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Some people are great writers, while other people live lives of adventure and importance. Almost no one does both. Hope Jahren does both. She makes me wish I'd been a scientist." (Ann Patchett)

Pure Gold--at the Top of a Very Long Personal Book List

Great science, written with clarity and heart; humor and wit, human drama; realistic picture of the frustrations of a woman researcher dealing with a male dominated power structure in graduate school and beyond; and a powerful, timely ecological message. This book is a delight. I especially appreciated documentation of how flawed people can heal and uplift each other through simple honesty and kindness. Bravo Dr. Hope Jahren!

Hurray for Lab Girl!

I think something really special happens when a scientist has the ability to use the written word to successfully communicate and explain to the rest of us what they do. In Lab Girl, Hope Jahren does that and she does it beautifully.

As the daughter of a father who was a physics and earth science teacher and a mother who instilled in her a love for literature, Jahren charmingly blends both of those passions in this remarkable memoir.

I have never heard a scientist of any field, speak so passionately about what they do as Jahren does here. She captured my imagination and I now have a new sense of respect for geobiologists, as well as for plants, what they mean for us and the viability of our planet.

Although her narration felt a little flat at first, she increasingly grew on me specially towards the 2nd and 3rd parts of the book.

Lab Girl was educational, enlightening, quirky and pretty funny.So here's hoping that many young women read this book and get inspired by Hope Jahren's life and her devotion to science.

Thank you, Hope!

Hope, thank you for sharing your life story with us! It was an emotional ride and you made me feel your joys, your pains and your successes. Bill is very lucky to have a friend like you. And you are lucky to have a fiend like Bill who was there when you needed him.

My best wishes to you and your family.

Amazing writer and narrator

I am amazed at the clarity of emotion and scientific reasoning that Hope Jahren delivers in Lab Girl. It is a masterpiece of literature, of real world science, and connection to nature. Listening to this book will change your understanding of how life works. Plus, it's really funny!

Beautifully written

The author and narrator had a soothing voice which I quite enjoyed and her story of her life as a scientist was full of fascinating nuggets of knowledge about the world of plants. Her relationship with her lifelong colleague, struggles with a mood disorder, and family dynamics were honestly and beautifully expressed. A different kind of book and such a pleasant listen.

Perfect!

I loved this story, and i was able to relate on so many levels. Well written and a treat to have it read by the author herself😊

tender hard Science

The life and challenges of a scientist told with the poetic viewpoint of a woman. a tale of friendship, devotion, curiosity and overcoming, with a comforting simplicity. Since I started listening I recommended to all my scientist friends. since I finished, I recommended to all my female friends...

I love this book so much I want to give copies to

This book is so inspiring that I want to buy a copy for all my female friends that I admire. my teenage daughter, and her teachers. I told all my girlfriends they had to read this book. There are tons of books of I love there are very few that turn me into a raving fan telling all my friends you have to read this but this one does.

Trees

I love science. I love plants. I learned about both in this book. The narrative about the birth of Hope’s son was riveting. I loved the day each of my children were born. I will plant and water more trees.

Beautiful, poetic, and scientific

This is a rare, beautiful literary experience— a book that marries the science of botany with the true-life story of the people who study it. I enjoyed every minute of this book, for its content and the performance of its narration. It is excellent on all accounts.