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Hope Jahren

Why we're reading this: Not many books about scientists portray us as more than one-dimensional eccentrics, Jahren brings to life…more
[close] Not many books about scientists portray us as more than one-dimensional eccentrics, Jahren brings to life the joy and the humanity in pursuing science

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May 03, 2020 jess rated it it was amazing

Shelves: ladyish, growing, audiobook-d, favorites, nonfiction, memoir, 2020

I should have read this three or four years when everyone was talking about it. Idk if it is all the hours I've spent loving environmental science and botany professors but I could listen to Hope Jahren talk all day long. This book was a near-perfect read for me - science, plants, a wry memoir style, the endless cycle of grants and funding for projects, motherhood, especially mothering a son. And I wasted those years when I could have been thinking about it and re-reading it! Ah, well, at least ...more

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Dec 29, 2024 Isabel Jazmín rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

A primera vista parecieran las memorias del aspecto científico de Hope Jahren, pero es mucho más que eso: son las reflexiones de su camino en la investigación, como mujer y como experta en plantas; es la historia de su amistad con Bill y la manera en la que se complementan para lograr los descubrimientos y apoyarse en distintas etapas y duelos; es el relato crudo de su salud mental y cómo se relaciona con todo lo anterior; es la historia de amor con Clint y con su hijo; es la narración de cómo s ...more

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Sep 15, 2017 Rebecca Heneghan rated it liked it

3.5 stars. I really enjoyed this and give her tons of credit for having the ability to write like this while being a genius scientist. Some humor, emotion and truth about women in science. Also tons of scientific information on the alternating chapters. I learned a lot and basically take away that everything is more complicated than it appears.

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Dec 02, 2019 Jen Ifer's Inklings rated it really liked it

Shelves: audio-books, read-in-2019, library, memoir-autobiography-biography, non-fiction

I enjoyed how this story was told in both antidotes and case studies of the plants. I also liked that the author included her mental health history in the stories since it did play a role in her work.

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