Enjoying a Life in Science: The Autobiography of P.F. Scholander

Of the pioneers of serious science in Alaska, Per Fredrik Thorkelsson Scholander, "Pete" to his friends in the United States, was an insightful and inquisitive man who spent a lifetime discovering the world of nature. These pages capture his irreverent and mischievous sense of humor and record the breadth and depth of his many scientific advances, among them our current understanding of physiology of diving animals and the solvent tension theory of osmosis in plants.