Hope Jahren begins her memoir by stating that we are all scientists as long as we ask questions. She states that it’s not nearly as involved as people make it out to be and we don’t need to study math, physics, or chemistry to be great scientists. She explains the importance of being curious and then begins her life’s journey. This is not a book that I would pick up to read for fun, but it was quite educational and fascinating. Hope Jahren’s journey to becoming a scientist starts from gaining interest in her father’s lab and planting a garden with her mother. If Jahren did not include her personal life in this book, I would have been extremely bored about reading her scientific research. However, I found her chapter about working in
