Lab Girl

Lab Girl
AuthorHope Jahren
Cover artistJon Shireman, Kelly Blair
LanguageEnglish
SubjectBotany
GenreMemoir
Published2016
PublisherAlfred A. Knopf, Penguin – Random House
Publication placeUnited States
Pages290
AwardsNational Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography
The American Association for the Advancement of Science prize for Excellence in Science Books
ISBN9781101874936
WebsiteLab Girl at Penguin Random House

Lab Girl is a 2016 memoir by the American geochemist, geobiologist and professor Hope Jahren, published by Alfred A. Knopf. It is the recipient of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography, a New York Times notable book, winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science prize for Excellence in Science Books, a finalist for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award, and was named one of the Best Books of the Year by The Washington Post, Time, NPR, Slate, Entertainment Weekly, Newsday, Minneapolis Star Tribune and Kirkus Reviews.[1]

  1. ^ Lab Girl by Hope Jahren. Penguin Random House.