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Mathematics and beauty. A glimpse of the universe within, by Sue Chait (@suechait).
Fanciful patent diagram for a whale. Magnified at right. Nathan Vieland adapts stylistic elements from his former profession as a patent illustrator into his art. Source: https://t.co/U33zwk4wdQ
The Antikythera "mechanism" is an ancient Greek hand-powered device, described as the first analogue computer (c. 100 BC). https://t.co/MsbAGsXVec
This intriguing image shows science personified as a woman, illuminating nature with her light. Museum ticket from late eighteenth century. Engraving by William Skelton (1763–1848), symbolizing knowledge of the natural world. Source: https://t.co/24UmOGxyZU
Does the square or the circle have the greater perimeter? (Point E is the midpoint of the line segment AD on the square ABCD.) https://t.co/r1d5iQJYKw
Hecataeus of Miletus' map of the world, made in the 5th or 6th century BC.
Hecataeus divides the world into three parts: Europe, Asia, and Libya, centered around the Mediterranean Sea. His world is a round disc surrounded by an ocean. Source: https://t.co/w18hFyJBej