58 min

My island was graduate school in Chemistry On the Human Spectrum

    • Documentary

For today’s episode I got to talk to one of my favorite people about her time as a graduate student in Chemistry in the 1970s, and her route there, (literally and figuratively) including the wonderful story of how Eileen met her husband in Mesa Verde National Park when she drove cross country with a friend in October of 1960, camping outdoors along the way. Eileen is an absolute delight. (We also spoke about face blindness and synesthesia and had a good laugh- and I’m posting that in a ...

For today’s episode I got to talk to one of my favorite people about her time as a graduate student in Chemistry in the 1970s, and her route there, (literally and figuratively) including the wonderful story of how Eileen met her husband in Mesa Verde National Park when she drove cross country with a friend in October of 1960, camping outdoors along the way. Eileen is an absolute delight. (We also spoke about face blindness and synesthesia and had a good laugh- and I’m posting that in a ...

58 min