{"product_id":"lab-girl-9781101873724","title":"Lab Girl","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER \u003cb\u003e•\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER •\u003c\/b\u003e Geobiologist Hope Jahren has spent her life studying trees, flowers, seeds, and soil.\u003ci\u003e Lab Girl \u003c\/i\u003eis her revelatory treatise on plant life—but it is also a celebration of the lifelong curiosity, humility, and passion that drive every scientist. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDoes for botany what Oliver Sacks’s essays did for neurology, what Stephen Jay Gould’s writings did for paleontology.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn these pages, Hope takes us back to her Minnesota childhood, where she spent hours in unfettered play in her father’s college laboratory. She tells us how she found a sanctuary in science, learning to perform lab work “with both the heart and the hands.” She introduces us to Bill, her brilliant, eccentric lab manager. And she extends the mantle of \u003ci\u003escientist \u003c\/i\u003eto each one of her readers, inviting us to join her in observing and","brand":"Random House USA Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406797185367,"sku":"9781101873724","price":14.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781101873724.jpg?v=1730497143","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/lab-girl-9781101873724","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}