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In tracing the adventures of her unusual heroine, the tiny, young geochemist Dr. Tina Arenas, Gaines takes complex scientific hypotheses and translates them into a believable and riveting saga of one woman's quest for scientific truth. Focusing exclusively on her work at a Northern California oceanic research facility, Tina is surprised to find that she has new landlords, and even more unsettled to discover that they've hired cuddly bear-like farmer Chip to landscape the property. Tina and Chip become friends then lovers, but science remains Tina's reason for being, and Gaines convincingly peoples her world with vividly depicted characters, including her friend, her mentor, and her nemesis. But Chip is a force to be reckoned with. An organic farmer and an activist worried about global warming, he convinces Tina that nothing exists in a vacuum, and that she has responsibilities for the consequences of her research. Skillfully written and deftly plotted, this novel of science set in the early 1980s is unexpectedly compelling. Diana Tixier Herald
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"No contemporary novelist I know of makes science sexier." -- Jonah Raskin, The Press Democrat, December 10, 2000
A remarkable job of conveying what it's really like to be a scientist, and to make scientific discoveries... -- Elizabeth K. Wilson, Chemical & Engineering News, June 4, 2001
Gaines has boldly built the novel around challenging scientific theories... Her use of complex concepts and true practice is inspired. -- Thomas Christensen, San Francisco Chronicle, March 4, 2001
It's all here: fight for grants, intellectual ownership, triumph... inevitable heartbreak as work edges out the lover... Gripping stuff. -- Maggie McDonald, New Scientist, June 9, 2001
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In tracing the adventures of her unusual heroine, the tiny, young geochemist Dr. Tina Arenas, Gaines takes complex scientific hypotheses and translates them into a believable and riveting saga of one woman's quest for scientific truth. Focusing exclusively on her work at a Northern California oceanic research facility, Tina is surprised to find that she has new landlords, and even more unsettled to discover that they've hired cuddly bear-like farmer Chip to landscape the property. Tina and Chip become friends then lovers, but science remains Tina's reason for being, and Gaines convincingly peoples her world with vividly depicted characters, including her friend, her mentor, and her nemesis. But Chip is a force to be reckoned with. An organic farmer and an activist worried about global warming, he convinces Tina that nothing exists in a vacuum, and that she has responsibilities for the consequences of her research. Skillfully written and deftly plotted, this novel of science set in the early 1980s is unexpectedly compelling. Diana Tixier Herald
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
Review
"No contemporary novelist I know of makes science sexier." -- Jonah Raskin, The Press Democrat, December 10, 2000
A remarkable job of conveying what it's really like to be a scientist, and to make scientific discoveries... -- Elizabeth K. Wilson, Chemical & Engineering News, June 4, 2001
Gaines has boldly built the novel around challenging scientific theories... Her use of complex concepts and true practice is inspired. -- Thomas Christensen, San Francisco Chronicle, March 4, 2001
It's all here: fight for grants, intellectual ownership, triumph... inevitable heartbreak as work edges out the lover... Gripping stuff. -- Maggie McDonald, New Scientist, June 9, 2001
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