Hope Jahren

An illuminating debut memoir of a woman in science; a moving portrait of a longtime friendship; and a stunningly fresh look at plants that will forever change how you see the natural world Acclaimed scientist Hope Jahren has built three laboratories in which she s studied trees, flowers, seeds, and soil. Her first book is a revelatory treatise on plant life but it is also so much more. " Lab Girl" is a book about work, love, and the mountains that can be moved when those two things come together. It is told through Jahren s remarkable stories: 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 learned to perform lab work done with both the heart and the hands; and about the inevitable disappointments, but also the triumphs and exhilarating discoveries, of scientific work. Yet at the core of this book is the story of a relationship Jahren forged with a brilliant, wounded man named Bill, who becomes her lab partner and best friend. Their sometimes rogue adventures in science take them from the Midwest across the United States and back again, 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. Jahren s probing look at plants, her astonishing tenacity of spirit, and her acute insights on nature enliven every page of this extraordinary book. "Lab Girl" opens your eyes to the beautiful, sophisticated mechanisms within every leaf, blade of grass, and flower petal. Here is an eloquent demonstration of what can happen when you find the stamina, passion, and sense of sacrifice needed to make a life out of what you truly love, as you discover along the way the person you were meant to be.

Hope Jahren is the voice that science has been waiting for." --Nature "A superb account of the deadly struggle between humanity and what may prove the only life-bearing planet within ten light years, written in a brilliantly sardonic and conversational style." --E. O. Wilson "Hope Jahren asks the central question of our time: how can we learn to live on a finite planet? The Story of More is thoughtful, informative, and--above all--essential." --Elizabeth Kolbert, author of The Sixth Extinction Hope Jahren is an award-winning scientist, a brilliant writer, a passionate teacher, and one of the seven billion people with whom we share this earth. In The Story of More, she illuminates the link between human habits and our imperiled planet. In concise, highly readable chapters, she takes us through the science behind the key inventions--from electric power to large-scale farming to automobiles--that, even as they help us, release greenhouse gases into the atmosphere like never before. She explains the current and projected consequences of global warming--from superstorms to rising sea levels--and the actions that we all can take to fight back. At once an explainer on the mechanisms of global change and a lively, personal narrative given to us in Jahren's inimitable voice, The Story of More is the essential pocket primer on climate change that will leave an indelible impact on everyone who reads it.

Lab Girl is a book about work and about love and the mountains that can be moved when those two things come together It is told through Jahren s remarkable stories about the discoveries she has made in her lab as well as her struggle to get there about her childhood playing in her father s laboratory about how lab work became a sanctuary for both her heart and her hands about Bill the brilliant wounded man who became her loyal colleague and best friend about their field trips sometimes authorised sometimes very much not that took them from the Midwest across the USA to Norway and to Ireland from the pale skies of North Pole to tropical Hawaii and about her constant striving to do and be her best and her unswerving dedication to her life s work Visceral intimate gloriously candid and sometimes extremely funny Jahren s descriptions of her work her intense relationship with the plants seeds and soil she studies and her insights on nature enliven every page of this thrilling book In Lab Girl we see anew the complicated power of the natural world and the power that can come from facing with bravery and conviction the challenge of discovering who you are

En El afán sin límite, Jahren nos desvela la relación directa entre los hábitos humanos y la situación actual de peligro que vive nuestro planeta. A través de los capítulos de ágil lectura de este libro, la autora nos explica la historia detras de los grandes inventos cientificos empezando por la energia electrica, la agricultura a gran escala y la fabricacion en cadena de los automoviles-, que, a pesar de sus grandes beneficios para la humanidad, liberan gases de efecto invernadero a nuestra atmosfera como nunca antes lo habian hecho. A continuacion, Jahren explica las consecuencias actuales y futuras de la emergencia climatica global tanto en forma de grandes temporales como en el aumento del nivel del mar- y las acciones que todos podemos emprender para luchar contra ella.El afan sin limite es un relato unico en el que la voz personal e inimitable de Hope Jahren logra combinar de forma vivaz la explicacion cientifica de los mecanismos del cambio climatico y su historia personal. Un libro imprescindible que dejara una huella indeleble en todo aquel que lo lea.

Un revelador tratado sobre la vida de las plantas que versa sobre el trabajo y sobre el amor, y sobre cómo se pueden mover montañas cuando ambos van a la par.«Un libro profundamente conmovedor. Una e

La memoria secreta de las hojas no es solo un libro, es el fascinante debut de una mujer consagrada a la ciencia, el retrato conmovedor de una larga amistad y una exposición sorprendente del mundo de las plantas que cambiara radicalmente nuestra forma de contemplar la naturaleza. En su opera prima, Hope Jahren nos presenta un revelador tratado sobre la vida de las plantas que ademas versa sobre el trabajo y sobre el amor, y sobre como se pueden mover montañas cuando ambos van a la par.

En El afán sin límite, Jahren nos desvela la relación directa entre los hábitos humanos y la situación actual de peligro que vive nuestro planeta. A través de los capítulos de ágil lectura de este libro, la autora nos explica la historia detras de los grandes inventos cientificos empezando por la energia electrica, la agricultura a gran escala y la fabricacion en cadena de los automoviles-, que, a pesar de sus grandes beneficios para la humanidad, liberan gases de efecto invernadero a nuestra atmosfera como nunca antes lo habian hecho. A continuacion, Jahren explica las consecuencias actuales y futuras de la emergencia climatica global tanto en forma de grandes temporales como en el aumento del nivel del mar- y las acciones que todos podemos emprender para luchar contra ella.El afan sin limite es un relato unico en el que la voz personal e inimitable de Hope Jahren logra combinar de forma vivaz la explicacion cientifica de los mecanismos del cambio climatico y su historia personal. Un libro imprescindible que dejara una huella indeleble en todo aquel que lo lea.