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Nicolas MOUART<p>Hommage to Leonhard Euler.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/digitalart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitalart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mathematician" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mathematician</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/surrealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>surrealism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/polymath" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>polymath</span></a></p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>For day 12 of @spacetober_challenge <a href="https://spore.social/tags/spacetober_challenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spacetober_challenge</span></a> prompt eclipse: <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mathematician" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mathematician</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://spore.social/tags/astronomer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astronomer</span></a> Nicole-Reine Lepaute (1723-1788) and her calculated path of the solar eclipse of 1764. She also worked with Alexis Clairaut &amp; Jérôme Lalande to precisely calculate the date of return of Halley’s Comet, solving the notorious 3-body by hand (including the gravitational pull of Jupiter &amp; Saturn on orbit). They worked in parallel, calculating for 🧵1/</p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/womeninSTEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>womeninSTEM</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/histsci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>histsci</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciart</span></a></p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>For <a href="https://spore.social/tags/spacetober_challenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spacetober_challenge</span></a> day 8 prompt propulsion, my portrait of <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mathematician" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mathematician</span></a>, aeronautical <a href="https://spore.social/tags/engineer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>engineer</span></a>, philanthropist &amp; Cherokee ‘hidden figure’ of the space race: Mary Golda Ross (1908-2008).⁠<br>⁠<br>Great-great-granddaughter of Chief John Ross, who was forced to lead his people on the Trail of Tears, Ross attributed her success in math to the Cherokee tradition of encouraging equal education for boys and girls.🧵<br><a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciart</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/womenInSTEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>womenInSTEM</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/Indigineer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Indigineer</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/planetaryScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>planetaryScience</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linocut</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastoArt</span></a></p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>Happy birthday to <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mathematician" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mathematician</span></a> Karen Keskulla Uhlenbeck (b. 1942), a founder of modern geometric <a href="https://spore.social/tags/analysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>analysis</span></a> &amp; winner of 2019 Abel Prize for “her pioneering achievements in geometric partial differential equations, gauge theory, &amp; integrable systems, &amp; for the fundamental impact of her work on analysis, geometry &amp; mathematical physics.” The only woman winner, she donated half the money to orgs which promote engagement of women in math.⁠🧵1/<br>⁠<br> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/womenInSTEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>womenInSTEM</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciart</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mathart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mathart</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastoArt</span></a></p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>Happy birthday to trailblazing American computer scientist Frances Elizabeth Allen (1932 – 2020) who made foundational contributions to optimizing compilers, optimizing programs and parallel computing. She was the first woman to become an IBM Fellow, where she worked from 1957 to 2002 and as an emeritus fellow afterwards. She was the first woman to win the Turing Prize. </p><p>IBM Research was recruiting teachers 🧵1/n</p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/womenInSTEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>womenInSTEM</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/histSci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>histSci</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mathematician" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mathematician</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciart</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/compsci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>compsci</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastoArt</span></a></p>
e7_87<p>&gt; 莫宗堅認為張益唐自由自在的個性不會適合學術圈的人才評價體制，還表示在承受磨難之後一鳴驚人也許真的就是張益唐的宿命("Maybe it was his destiny to endure and turn out to be great.")。</p><p>&gt; 「幾十年前有一句話，好像說人的生命、追求、價值不是取決於你取得的東西，而是在你的追求中。德國劇作家萊辛說：『對真理的追求比對真理的佔有更為可貴。』愛因斯坦就喜歡引用他的話。即使我沒有成功，也不會覺得太遺憾。我在這個追求的過程中還是覺得很有價值的... 有人問我如果你出不來，是不是覺得一生就毀掉了？我覺得沒什麼，我活得好好的。」</p><p>&gt; 陶哲軒不鼓勵前途還沒有着落的青年數學家效仿張益唐的這種一個人悶聲挑戰大難題的做法。</p><p><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/张益唐" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/张益唐</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/mathematician" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mathematician</span></a></p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>Happy birthday to Alan Turing, OBE, FRS (1912 – 1954), British <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mathematician" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mathematician</span></a>, <a href="https://spore.social/tags/cryptanalyst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cryptanalyst</span></a>, computer scientist, prophet &amp; hero. Turing foresaw not only that machines might quite likely develop the capacity to think (after all, our brains are only made of matter, and complex systems of neurons, which either fire or not, much like an electronic switch), but that we needed an objective, double-blind test to determine whether 🧵1/n</p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciart</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linocut</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/compsci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>compsci</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/histsci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>histsci</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mastoart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastoart</span></a></p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>Happy birthday to <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mathematician" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mathematician</span></a> Maryam Mirzakhani (1977-2017)! The Fields Medal, one of the most prestigious <a href="https://spore.social/tags/math" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>math</span></a> awards, is awarded to mathematicians &lt; 40. In 2014, she became 1st woman to win. Her research included Teichmüller theory, hyperbolic geometry, ergodic theory, &amp; symplectic geometry, and Fields committee cited her work in “the dynamics and geometry of Riemann surfaces and their moduli spaces”.⁠<br>⁠🧵1/n<br>⁠<br><a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciart</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mathart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mathart</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linocut</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/womeninSTEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>womeninSTEM</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/histsci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>histsci</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastoArt</span></a></p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>Happy birthday <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mathematician" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mathematician</span></a> Henri Poincaré<br>(1854-1912), here in my Cubist <a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linocut</span></a> portrait.</p><p>This print is about how movements in art can be connected with contemporary <a href="https://spore.social/tags/math" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>math</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://spore.social/tags/physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>physics</span></a>. Specifically, the way <a href="https://spore.social/tags/Cubism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cubism</span></a> breaks from a single favoured perspective or absolute frame of reference &amp; breaks down subjects into geometrical shapes from multiple points of view can be tied to advancements in non-Euclidian geometry in math &amp; special 🧵</p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciart</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/Poincar%C3%A9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poincaré</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a></p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>Happy birthday to British <a href="https://spore.social/tags/engineer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>engineer</span></a>, <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mathematician" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mathematician</span></a>, <a href="https://spore.social/tags/physicist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>physicist</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://spore.social/tags/inventor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inventor</span></a> Hertha Ayrton (1854-1923). I’ve shown her in my <a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linocut</span></a> with a diagram of the dividers from her 1st of 26 (!) patents, one of her diagrams about the origin &amp; growth of ripple marks &amp; one of her diagrams of an electric arc lamp (a subject on which she literally wrote the textbook).⁠<br>⁠<br>Born Phoebe Sarah Marks, she was the 3rd of 8 children 🧵</p><p> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciart</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/WomenInSTEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WomenInSTEM</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/histstm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>histstm</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/suffragette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>suffragette</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a></p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>Happy birthday to <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mathematician" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mathematician</span></a> Felix Klein (1849-1925). This is a hand-carved and hand-printed image of the famous mathematical object, the Klein bottle, printed in a gradient of pale yellow-green to darker blue-green on paper 8” by 8” (20.3 cm by 20.3 cm). First described by mathematician Felix Klein in 1882, this object has a single surface, rather like a 3D version of a Möbius strip. 🧵<br><a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linocut</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciart</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mathart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mathart</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/FelixKlein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FelixKlein</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/histstm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>histstm</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mathematics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mathematics</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/maths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>maths</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/reliefPrint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reliefPrint</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a></p>
Knowledge Zone<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Math" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Math</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Stories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Stories</span></a>: The Moment A Famous <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Mathematician" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mathematician</span></a> Woke Up : Medium</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Device" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Device</span></a> enables direct <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Communication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Communication</span></a> among multiple <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Quantum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Quantum</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Processors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Processors</span></a> : MIT</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Spaghetti" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Spaghetti</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a>: What <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Pasta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pasta</span></a> reveals about the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Universe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Universe</span></a> : BBC</p><p>Check our latest <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/KnowledgeLinks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KnowledgeLinks</span></a></p><p><a href="https://knowledgezone.co.in/resources/bookmarks" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">knowledgezone.co.in/resources/</span><span class="invisible">bookmarks</span></a></p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>For <a href="https://spore.social/tags/BlackHistoryMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackHistoryMonth</span></a>: <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mathematician" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mathematician</span></a> &amp; geodesist Gladys West (née Brown 1930)! Shown with satellite tracks &amp; 3 satellites important to her career: Seasat, GEOS-3 &amp; a GPS satellite. Her work, using math to precisely model the shape of Earth, laid the groundwork for GPS! Born to sharecropper parents in Virginia, she graduated with a Math BSc in ‘52 then MSc at VSU in ‘55. 🧵1/n</p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linocut</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/womenInSTEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>womenInSTEM</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/BlackInSTEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackInSTEM</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/histSci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>histSci</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/geodesy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geodesy</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/EarthScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EarthScience</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/Math" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Math</span></a></p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>Happy birthday to Marjorie Rice (née Jeuck, 1923–2017) who discovered 4 new pentagonal tilings of the Euclidian plane!</p><p>The San Diego mother of 5 (6th died in infancy) completed half a correspondence art course after high school &amp; had no training as a <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mathematician" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mathematician</span></a> but was always interested in <a href="https://spore.social/tags/math" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>math</span></a> &amp; art. She began to follow SciAm writer/amateur mathematician Martin Gardner’s column, rushing to devour the magazine before her 🧵</p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/womenInSTEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>womenInSTEM</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mathematics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mathematics</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linocut</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/tiling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tiling</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a></p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>Happy birthday to <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mathematician" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mathematician</span></a> Johann Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet (1805 –1859)! My lino block print illustrates the famous mathematical tool known as the pigeonhole principle, which states that if n items are put into m containers, with n &gt; m, then at least one container must contain more than one item. You can imagine a bunch, call it m, pigeonholes and n pigeons, where n &gt; m; to fit the pigeons in the pigeonholes, 🧵</p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linocut</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciart</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mathart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mathart</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mathematics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mathematics</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/histsci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>histsci</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mastoart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastoart</span></a></p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>It’s <a href="https://spore.social/tags/BlackHistoryMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackHistoryMonth</span></a> so it’s a good time to celebrate the extraordinary mathematician and NASA scientist Katherine Johnson (née Coleman; August 26, 1918 – February 24, 2020). One of the first Black women employed as a NASA scientist (and its predecessor NACA), she was known for her mastery of complex manual calculations of orbital mechanics and played a pivotal role in the success of 🧵</p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linocut</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciart</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/womenInSTEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>womenInSTEM</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/BlackInSTEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackInSTEM</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/histstm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>histstm</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mathematician" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mathematician</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>physics</span></a></p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>Happy birthday to <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mathematician" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mathematician</span></a> David Hilbert (1862-1943)! This <a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linocut</span></a> illustrates the paradox of Hilbert’s Grand Hotel, a thought experiment conceived by Hilbert in 1924 to show the paradox of infinite sets. If you imagine a regular hotel with a finite number of rooms, if they are all filled you can’t add more guests. In an imaginary infinite hotel however, guests are always welcome! 🧵</p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciart</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mathart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mathart</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/histsci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>histsci</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mathematics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mathematics</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/HilbertsGrandHotel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HilbertsGrandHotel</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/DavidHilbert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DavidHilbert</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/infinity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infinity</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a></p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>Happy birthday to Russian <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mathematician" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mathematician</span></a> &amp; writer Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevski (1850-1891). Her contributions to analysis, differential equations &amp; mechanics include Cauchy-Kovalevski theorem &amp; the famed Kovalevski top. She was 1st woman appointed to full prof in N Europe or to serve as editor of a major sci journal. She is also remembered for her contributions to Russian literature. All of this despite living when women were still barred from attending 🧵</p><p> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciart</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/WomenInSTEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WomenInSTEM</span></a></p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>Library of Alexandria in the Museum of Alexandria, largest &amp; most significant library of the ancient world. She was the daughter of a famous <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mathematician" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mathematician</span></a>, Theon Alexandricus (ca. 335–405), with whom she worked &amp; published edited versions of Classical texts in mathematics. She also pursued her education in Athens &amp; Italy before returning to Alexandria.⠀<br>⠀<br>It is difficult to precisely specify her own contributions to math, since many documents have been lost (the Library of Alexandria 🧵2/n</p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>Happy birthday to <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mathematician" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mathematician</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://spore.social/tags/polymath" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>polymath</span></a>, Mary Fairfax Somerville (1780-1872). As a young widow she made a name for herself when she won a silver medal in 1811 from the Military College at Marlow math journal. Wallace suggested she read Laplace &amp; finding she understood it as well as her tutor her confidence increased, &amp; she expanded her studies to <a href="https://spore.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a>, chemistry, <a href="https://spore.social/tags/geography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geography</span></a>, microscopy, electricity &amp; magnetism. 🧵<br><a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/womeninstemm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>womeninstemm</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linocut</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciart</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a></p>
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