Sara Paretsky: ‘Critical Mass’
13:36 minutes
Marietta Blau was a pioneering nuclear physicist with a gender handicap. More than 40 years after her death, she has an unlikely place in the spotlight: as the inspiration for Sara Paretsky’s new V.I. Warshawski detective novel, Critical Mass.
Segment Guests
Sara Paretsky
Sara Paretsky is author of Critical Mass (G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 2013). She’s based in Chicago, Illinois.
Heard on the Air
Read an essay by Paretsky.
Meet the Producer
About Annie Minoff
@annieminoffAnnie Minoff is a producer for The Journal from Gimlet Media and the Wall Street Journal, and a former co-host and producer of Undiscovered. She also plays the banjo.