Lab books are great from the point of view that they are highly portable, don't need power, and if you spill something on them (assuming it is not acid or something equally nasty) fairly resilient to ...
Geochemist Hope Jahren writes with such flair that a reviewer is tempted to just move out of the way and quote her. Consider the top of page 64 in her new book, “Lab Girl” (Knopf, 290 pp., $26.95): ...