At work in the laboratory , 1975 . Private Archives . Lecturing at the Optical Research Center in Leon , Mexico , 2016 . Private Archives .
IN A MAN ' S WORLD
Despite a “ traditionally girl-oriented upbringing ”, she displayed an interest in science . She would help her father Aleš , an electrical engineer , from an early age and learnt a great deal about physics and optics . At the age of 14 she even built a transistor radio .
She had been the only female student in a department with 60 physicists , “ living in a man ’ s world all her life : from growing up with four brothers to being the only or the first woman in many situations ”.
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