Eleanor Pairman, la matemática que usó su máquina de coser para enseñar geometría a personas ciegas.
Marta Macho Stadler via @mujerconciencia
Más información sobre Eleanor Pairman:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Pairman
womeninscience
Neoplatonist philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician Hypatia is the first female mathematician whose life is reasonably well recorded.
Hypatia worked on commentaries of Diophantus's "Arithmetica," Apollonius's "Conics," and edited the work of her father, Theon, on Ptolemy's "Almagest." She contributed to the understanding of algebraic equations and conic sections. She is believed to have invented the astrolabe and the hydrometer.
"In my view, all that is necessary for faith is the belief that by doing our best we shall succeed in our aims: the improvement of mankind."
Happy birthday Rosalind Franklin!
Her work was central to the understanding of the molecular structure of DNA. Though she was recognized for her other work in her time, her work on DNA was not appreciated until after her death.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalind_Franklin
The Rosalind Franklin question.
https://physicsworld.com/a/the-rosalind-franklin-question/?utm_campaign=PW-FB-PHL-072424&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook
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Happy Birthday, Maria Mitchell!
Total eclipse of the sun, partial eclipse of inequality.
"It was now quick work," Maria Mitchell noted. "As the last rays of sunlight disappeared, the corona burst out all around the sun, so intensely bright near the sun that the eye could scarcely bear it." Maria Mitchell brought a team of Vassar graduates—"Vassar girls" as the press called them—2,000 miles to study the July 1878 total eclipse of the sun.
https://americanhistory.si.edu/explore/stories/total-eclipse-sun-partial-eclipse-inequality
"Would it not be better if one could really 'see' whether molecules...were just as experiments suggested?"
the question that decided her to specialize in X-ray cristallography, as quoted by Sharon Bertsch McGrayne (1998). Nobel Prize women in science: their lives, struggles, and momentous discoveries. Joseph Henry Press. p. 231
~Dorothy Hodgkin (May 12, 1910 – July 29, 1994)
American geologist and educator Florence Bascom was born #OTD in 1862.
She was the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in geology from Johns Hopkins University in 1893. Bascom's work was instrumental in mapping the geology of the mid-Atlantic Piedmont region. She was the first woman hired by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and became one of the foremost experts on the crystalline rocks of the Piedmont region.
American artist and naturalist Mary Vaux Walcott was born #OTD in 1860.
She is best known for her watercolor paintings of wildflowers. She has been called the "Audubon of Botany." Vaux participated in numerous expeditions to the Canadian Rockies, where she meticulously documented and illustrated the local flora. Her work provided valuable scientific information and helped to preserve the knowledge of North America's botanical diversity.
South African botanist and taxonomist Louisa Bolus was born #OTD in 1877.
She is known for her extensive work in the field of South African flora, particularly in the classification and description of new plant species. Her extensive collection and classification efforts greatly expanded the Bolus Herbarium, making it one of the most important botanical collections in the region.
American biochemist Florence Seibert died #OTD in 1991.
At age three, Florence contracted polio. She had to wear leg braces and walked with a limp throughout her life. She is best known for identifying the active agent in the antigen tuberculin as a protein, and subsequently for isolating a pure form of tuberculin, purified protein derivative (PPD), enabling the development and use of a reliable TB test.
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Nadia Drake Joins SETI Institute Board of Directors as Observer
The SETI Institute announced that Dr. Nadia Drake is joining the SETI Institute's Board of Directors as an observer. The SETI Institute's board guides its strategic direction, finances, and various committees. As a journalist, Drake will be an active, non-voting member, bringing her expertise in astrobiology to the team.
American mathematician Katherine Johnson died #OTD in 2020.
She calculated & analyzed the flight paths of many spacecraft during her more than three decades with the U.S. space program. Her work helped send astronauts to the Moon. She earned a reputation for mastering complex manual calculations and helped pioneer the use of computers to perform the tasks. The agency noted her "historical role as one of the first African-American women to work as a NASA scientist".
It is time to honor Emmy Noether with a momentum unit.
For several years, I have been declaring that, in my class, one kg m/s is equal to one Noether, in honor of Emmy Noether, whose theorem shows, among other things, that space translation symmetry results in conservation of momentum.
By Geoff Nunes, Jr. via @aip
https://pubs.aip.org/aapt/ajp/article/92/9/647/3309134/It-is-time-to-honor-Emmy-Noether-with-a-momentum
Noether's theorem at @wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noether%27s_theorem
How Colorful Ribbon Diagrams Became the Face of Proteins.
Proteins are often visualized as cascades of curled ribbons and twisted strings, which both reveal and conceal the mess of atoms that make up these impossibly complex molecules.
By Yasemin Saplakoglu via @QuantaMagazine
https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-colorful-ribbon-diagrams-became-the-face-of-proteins-20240823/
Are you interested in women in technology? Would you like to support young women starting their sci-tech careers? Then I've got an opportunity for you - to donate to an excellent cause!
The Women in CompSci and Eng (WiCSE) chapter at Cal State Fullerton (CSUF) is looking to fund five Student Leader Fellowships.
If that's enough for you I'll just drop the link here, but read on if you want more details...
Celebrating the women working on ESA/NASA #SolarOrbiter mission on this #WomenInScience day.
Since today is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, it's a great time to celebrate Rosalind Franklin, the British chemist who helped unlock the structure of DNA, among other discoveries.
Here are some free knitting patterns featuring the DNA double helix and chromosomes.
Links my science knitting pattern post
https://intheloopknitting.com/science-knitting-patterns.php
#knitting #WomenInScience
