On book tvs afterwards, Science Writer Nathalia Holt chronicles the lives of an elite group of people who worked at the jet Propulsion Laboratorys in the 40s and 50s. She talks about her book, rise of the rocket girls with lisa grande of the system is sony and national air and space museum. Host thank you very much Nathalia Holt for being here with me to talk about your research and your new book about the socalled rocket girls of the jet Propulsion Laboratory before thank you for having me. Host i would like to begin by asking you how you discovered this group of women and how you decided to write about this largely forgotten pieceof American History . Guest its a strange coincidence. I came across this story circa 2010 and my husband and i were expecting our first baby and we were having a really difficult time coming up with names. Finally my husband suggested Eleanor Francis and i wasnt sure until i did what parents do these days and i googled the name and what popped up was a woma
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Ageing disgracefully: Japan puts our nursing homes to shame
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Elizabeth FarrellyColumnist, author, architecture critic and essayist
March 6, 2021 â 4.29am
March 6, 2021 â 4.29am
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A gentle ramp spirals into the pool that lies curled in the floor of the light-filled, tepee-shaped pavilion. Itâs wheelchair access, this ramp, but it feels symbolic and vaguely yin-yang, like some ultra-pale azure catseye catching the light. The tepee is one of five that, clad in blond ply, nestle within a mountain forest in Shizuoka, Japan. Designed by Tokyo architect Issei Suma, itâs the retirement project of two Japanese women â a social worker and a chef â who offer fresh local meals and nursing care for local seniors.