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Hope Jahren
1) Lab girl
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Description
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...
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Publisher
Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
Celebrates the long history of our enterprising spirit--which has tamed wild crops, cured diseases, and sent us to the moon--but also shows how that spirit has created excesses that are quickly warming our planet to dangerous levels. She explains the current and projected consequences of greenhouse gases--from superstorms to rising sea levels--and shares the science-based tools that could help us fight back.
3) The story of more: how we got to climate change and where to go from here : adapted for young adults
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This young adult adaptation of an acclaimed geochemist and geobiologist's highly respected nonfiction work discusses climate change and helps readers understand the path needed for creating a more sustainable future.
