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A Grasshopper in Tall Grass: Chapter 3
When John von Neumann runs into fellow mathematician Herman Goldstine at a train station, Goldstine clues him into a new powerful computer called the…
3 years, 9 months ago
A Grasshopper in Tall Grass: Chapter 2
With John von Neumann absorbed in work, Klári struggles to find a niche in her new suburban home while dealing with devastating losses. A new chapter…
3 years, 9 months ago
A Grasshopper in Tall Grass: Chapter 1
To understand how Klára Dán von Neumann arrived at computer programming, we need to first understand where she came from. Born in Budapest to a wealt…
3 years, 9 months ago
A Grasshopper in Very Tall Grass: Trailer
The first modern-style code executed on a computer was written in the 1940s by a woman named Klára Dán von Neumann–or Klári to her family and friends…
3 years, 9 months ago
The Pathologist in the Basement: The Resignation
In 1949, at the height of his career, Rustin McIntosh, the director of pediatrics at Columbia University’s Babies Hospital, submitted his letter of r…
4 years ago
The Pathologist in the Basement: Chapter 4
In our final episode, we explore Dorothy Andersen’s legacy—what she left behind and how her work has lived on since her death. Describing her mentor’…
4 years, 1 month ago
The Pathologist in the Basement: Chapter 3
A missing portrait of Dr. Andersen takes us on a journey into the perils of memorialization—and who gets to be remembered. Dr. Scott Baird hunts for …
4 years, 1 month ago
The Pathologist in the Basement: Chapter 2
A passionate outdoorswoman, a “rugged individualist,” and a bit of an enigma—the few traces Dr. Andersen left behind give us glimpses into who she wa…
4 years, 2 months ago
The Pathologist in the Basement: Chapter 1
When Dr. Dorothy Andersen confronted a slew of confounding infant deaths, she suspected the accepted diagnosis wasn’t right. Her medical sleuthing le…
4 years, 2 months ago
The Pathologist in the Basement: Trailer
When Dr. Dorothy Andersen confronted a slew of confounding infant deaths, she knew the accepted diagnosis couldn’t be right. Her medical detective wo…
4 years, 2 months ago