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At work in the laboratory, 1975. Lecturing at the Optical Research Centre in Leon, Mexico, 2016.
Personal collection. Personal collection.
YOUNG SCIENTIST
Despite a “traditionally girl-oriented up-
bringing”, she displayed an early interest in
science. She would help her father Aleš, an elec-
trical engineer, from an early age and learnt
a great deal about physics and optics. In 8 th
grade she even built a transistor radio. The first
missions to the Moon kindled in her a passion
for space exploration and the solar system.
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