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Michael Scot, 'the Wizard' (c.1175-1232), was an alchemist, astrologer, mathematician and translator.
In Cumbrian he is said to have turned to stone a coven of which became the stone circle of 'Long Meg and Her Daughters'.

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2019-08-09

This poster is from 's wonderful series on female role models in STEM! Meet Dr. Gladys West, the mathematician who founded basis for today's GPS model🛰️

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2019-08-08

Close up on Maria Mitchell ⭐️ Detail from “Who Did It First? 50 Scientists, Artists Mathematicians Who Revolutionized The World”. Some good ideas for Fall fashions here too. ;)

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2019-08-03

MARIA MITCHELL⭐️The first female professor of astronomy! Another little tidbit from my upcoming book: “Who Did It First? 50 Scientists, Artists And Mathematicians Who Changed The World” coming SOO soon now (October 15th!) Available for preorder, link in profile. ♥️

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2019-08-01

Physicist and mathematician Katherine Johnson, one of the stars of "Hidden Figures", worked at NASA to manually calculate the orbital trajectory of the Friendship 7 mission. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015.

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2019-08-01

two divorced mathematician dads go with their adopted daughter to disney world and buy all the frozen merch she wants (thank you for the doodle idea!!)

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2019-07-30


- the 1st female mathematician of recorded history, astronomer & philosopher from Alexandria, Egypt. A martyr of religious intolerance, but in her death, as in her life, she remained a great influencer.
Writer & artist-
https://t.co/m9V0iGNyM5

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2019-07-09

The glorious MARIA TALLCHIEF. America’s first primal ballerina - not only that she was a Native American from the Osage Nation. Another peek from my upcoming book “Who Did It First? 50 Scientists, Artists and Mathematicians Who Revolutionized the World”

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2019-06-28

“It is like being lost in a jungle and trying to use all the knowledge that you can gather to [...] find a way out”. Who said this? An explorer? An entomologist? A out more in the new WIS post by
https://t.co/sEBD7CRU6u

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2019-06-28

Millie's ingenious way of measuring her room for her new desk

Drawn for ity, Check out Millie the Mathematician: https://t.co/ENBdRHHynz

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2019-06-18

Emmy Noether was a German mathematician who made contributions to the fields of abstract algebra and theoretical physics! Who are some of your favorite physicists?

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2019-05-31

“By focusing attention, observation, and extensive thought on astronomical phenomena, one is able to prove the unicity of God and to recognize the extent of the Creator’s might as well as His wide wisdom and delicate design.”
– Al-Battani (850-929), Astronomer & Mathematician

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2019-05-21

from the mathematician Karen Uhlenbeck.
We‘re humans, we‘re imperfect and that makes us unique 💜

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2019-05-17

I think Anita is pretty happy to be having mint-choc-chip ice cream at her birthday party

Drawn for and Millie the Mathematician

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2019-05-13

Anita and her mum discussing the results of Anita's icecream survey (Mint choc-chip was the favourite ice-cream flavour - I agree with this result)

Created for ity & Millie the Mathematician Reader Series

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2019-05-11

My mathematician friend Michael Beeson discovered an interesting triangle dissection, cutting a big triangle into a zillinon littler ones in an odd way. I'll post a link to the article when I can. But here's the image.

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2019-04-30

Today we celebrate medieval Arab mathematician Sutayta al-Mahamali (d. 987 CE). Born in Baghdad, a widely-consulted scholar of science and jurisprudence, she solved problems of inheritance requiring knowledge of a brand new field: algebra. https://t.co/SOUK78YX0a

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2019-04-22

How will you approach your mathematicians Monday? Thank you & ❤️💡🎾 I loved the story, Infinity & Me. I’m going to try this in 2nd. I changed the numbers, and I’m going to ask them to reflect too.

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2019-04-05

“By focusing attention, observation, and extensive thought on astronomical phenomena, one is able to prove the unicity of God and to recognize the extent of the Creator’s might as well as His wide wisdom and delicate design.”
– Al-Battani (850-929), Astronomer & Mathematician

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2019-03-27