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CHM Live - Revealing Lost Women of Science: Klári Dán von Neumann
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October 3, 2023

CHM Live - Revealing Lost Women of Science: Klári Dán von Neumann

On April 5, 2022, the CHM hosted an event celebrating the life of Klári Dán von Neuman

On April 5, 2022, the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif. hosted an event celebrating the life and work of Klári Dán von Neumann. Harvey Mudd College President Maria Klawe moderated a conversation between Lost Women of Science host Katie Hafner and computer historian Thomas Haigh about this truly lost woman of computing.

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