Jahren's Family/Childhood
What state did Jahren grow up in?
Minnesota
What is the name of Jahren's lab partner?
Bill
What is the name of Jahren's laboratory?
The Jahren Laboratory
What is the first step in preparing shooting bags (according to Jahren)?
To create a clean workspace
What did Jahren's mother get her degree in?
English Literature
What did Jahren spend the most time doing with her mother when she was little?
gardening (reading literature could be an answer)
What is the name of the women that teaches Jahren how to shoot bags?
Lydia
How many laboratories has Jahren built from scratch?
Three
What was Lydia known for (2 things)?
Her breaks and her rides (smoking could count)
Where did Jahren go to obtain her PhD?
University of California Berkeley
What country did Jahren's great grandparents emigrate from?
Norway
What is the name of the “lifer that worked the three-to-eleven shift behind the counter” (blood guy)?
Claude
Name one similarity between Jahren and Franklin.
Example Answers: both girls in the science field, always worried about funding, etc.
How did Jahren get home the day that she announced she was quitting the pharmacy?
She walked
What is the most perfect object according to Jahren?
a slide rule
How many brothers and sisters does Jahren have and are they older or younger?
Three older brothers
Who is this book dedicated to?
Jahren's mother
How old was Jahren when she performed her first out-of-the-classroom experiment?
19 years
What is the brand of cigarettes that Lydia smokes?
Winston Lights
What is the main thing that Bill and Franklin have in common?
They must be 100% sure about their work before they share it with anyone.
What is the name of the tree she remembers from her childhood?
Blue-tinged spruce (Picea Pungens)
Who is Jean Genet?
Main character of the biography she was reading that Bill asked her about when she worked as a Graduate Student Assistant Instructor (students were digging holes)
Who provided the funding for Jahren's mass spectroscopy research project?
The National Science Foundation
What did Jahren do on Tuesday and Thursday mornings?
delivered "drop bags" to the psych ward
What is the name of the book Jahren wrote her first term paper on and quotes numerous times throughout chapters 1-6?
David Copperfield