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Lost Women of Science Launches Second Podcast Season

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Thursday, March 24, 2022

SAN FRANCISCO, March 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Lost Women of Science Podcast Series announced today the launch of its second season, A Grasshopper in Very Tall Grass. The season will focus on the life and work of Klára Dán von Neumann, who played a crucial role in the development of computer programming as we know it today. The mission of Lost Women of Science is to tell the stories of remarkable female scientists who were not recognized for their achievements during their lifetimes. 

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  • The mission of Lost Women of Science is to tell the stories of remarkable female scientists who were not recognized for their achievements during their lifetimes.
  • The Lost Women of Science Podcast Series will continue its partnership with public media organization PRX and the award-winning Scientific American magazine.
  • Katie Hafner, Hostof Lost Women of Science said,"Klra Dn von Neumann is a truly lost woman of computing.
  • I'm delighted that the Lost Women of Science team is finally giving her remarkable story the attention it deserves."

From Interferon to Philanthropy: Autobiography of Immunologist and Philanthropist Jan Vilcek Published as Audiobook

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Thursday, April 22, 2021

b'NEW YORK, April 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --The Vilcek Foundation announces the publication of Dr. Jan Vilcek\'s 2016 autobiography Love and Science: A Memoir as an audiobook.

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  • b'NEW YORK, April 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --The Vilcek Foundation announces the publication of Dr. Jan Vilcek\'s 2016 autobiography Love and Science: A Memoir as an audiobook.
  • "Jan\'s life story is nothing short of extraordinary," says Vilcek Foundation President Rick Kinsel.
  • "\nVilcek began his medical and scientific career under the constraints of Communist Czechoslovakia, attending medical school at Bratislava\'s Comenius University.
  • The foundation was established in 2000 by Jan and Marica Vilcek, immigrants from the former Czechoslovakia.