Lab Girl
by Hope Jahren
A geobiologist on building a lab from nothing, her partnership with her lab manager Bill, and the lives of plants. Funny, fierce and honest about bipolar illness and science's economics.
Read it if…
you want a woman in science telling the truth about the work.
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Skip it if…
you want pop science without memoir.
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Three things you will actually use
- Build your lab with what you have.
- Find your Bill.
- Growth is slow and then sudden.
Do this first
Read the chapter on getting her first grant.
Our verdict
A scientist's working life.
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