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Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>Happy birthday to French mathematician, physicist and philosopher Marie-Sophie Germain (1776 – 1831), known as Sophie. She taught herself mathematics using books in her father’s library and by corresponding with leading mathematicians of her day, including Lagrange, Legendre and Gauss, initially using the pseudonym Monsieur LeBlanc. 🧵1/n<br>⁠<br><a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linocut</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciart</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mathart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mathart</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/SophieGermain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SophieGermain</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/ChladniFigures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChladniFigures</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mathematician" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mathematician</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/Fermat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fermat</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/womenInSTEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>womenInSTEM</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/physicist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>physicist</span></a></p>
David Perris<p><span>TIL about Oliver Heaviside.<br><br>He was an </span><a href="https://plasmatrap.com/tags/electrician" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#electrician</a> , <a href="https://plasmatrap.com/tags/mathematician" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mathematician</a> and <a href="https://plasmatrap.com/tags/physicist" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#physicist</a><span> who made major contributions to the field of electro-magnetism.<br><br>He was born in </span><a href="https://plasmatrap.com/tags/Camden" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Camden</a> , in <a href="https://plasmatrap.com/tags/London" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#London</a> . He discovered ways to improve the performance of telegraph lines (the internet of the late 1800s), he patented the coaxial cable, and he re-formulated the <a href="https://plasmatrap.com/tags/Maxwell" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Maxwell</a><span> equations on electro-magnetism into the form they have today.<br><br>He was a Fellow of the Royal Society, and was the first recipient of the Faraday Medal.<br><br>He died after falling off a ladder.<br><br></span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Heaviside" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Heaviside</a><span><br><br></span><a href="https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/blue-plaques/oliver-heaviside/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/blue-plaques/oliver-heaviside/</a><span><br><br></span><a href="https://plasmatrap.com/tags/TIL" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TIL</a> <a href="https://plasmatrap.com/tags/TodayILearned" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TodayILearned</a></p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>Happy birthday to <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mathematician" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mathematician</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://spore.social/tags/astronomer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astronomer</span></a> Nicole-Reine Lepaute (1723-1788)! My <a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linocut</span></a> celebrates 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 6 months straight barely stopping🧵</p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/womeninSTEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>womeninSTEM</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/histsci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>histsci</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciart</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</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 noreferrer" 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>
2something<p><span>New account, new introduction!<br><br>I'm Beth. I'm a queer mathematician who loves musical theater, webcomics, teaching math, and my cat. <br><br>Favorite areas of math: Topology, geometry, and combinatorics.<br><br>Favorite musicals: Chess, Into the Woods, Next to Normal, Sunday in the Park With George, Sweeney Todd<br><br>Favorite webcomics: this is long enough to get its own post:<br></span><a href="https://transfem.social/notes/a1ryogrga5qu00g9" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://transfem.social/notes/a1ryogrga5qu00g9</a><span><br><br></span><a href="https://transfem.social/tags/Introduction" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Introduction</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/Queer" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Queer</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/Mathematician" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mathematician</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/Math" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Math</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/Musicals" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musicals</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/MusicalTheater" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MusicalTheater</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/MusicalTheatre" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MusicalTheatre</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/Webcomics" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Webcomics</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/Teaching" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Teaching</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/TeachingMath" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TeachingMath</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/Cat" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cat</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/Cats" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cats</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/SillyGoose" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SillyGoose</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/Topology" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Topology</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/Geometry" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Geometry</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/Combinatorics" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Combinatorics</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/Chess" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Chess</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/ChessTheMusical" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChessTheMusical</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/IntoTheWoods" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IntoTheWoods</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/NextToNormal" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NextToNormal</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/SundayInTheParkWithGeorge" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SundayInTheParkWithGeorge</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/SweeneyTodd" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SweeneyTodd</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/PandorasTaleWiki" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PandorasTaleWiki</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/RainverseWiki" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RainverseWiki</a></p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>Bonus <a href="https://spore.social/tags/artAdventCalendar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artAdventCalendar</span></a>: Happy birthday to <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mathematician" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mathematician</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://spore.social/tags/computerscientist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computerscientist</span></a> US Navy rear admiral Grace Hopper (1906-1992) who popularized the revolutionary idea of developing machine-independent programming languages based on English.</p><p>She began teaching at Vassar in 31 &amp; got PhD (Yale) in 34. She found marriage &amp; teaching less fulfilling &amp; tried to enlist in the Navy, but was rejected then got a special exemption to volunteer for 🧵1/n</p><p> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/womenInSTEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>womenInSTEM</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/histsci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>histsci</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a></p>
Adrien<p><a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a><br>Hi everyone !<br>I'm a French <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/mathematician" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mathematician</span></a> and an old school <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/geek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geek</span></a>. Had this <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/framapiaf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>framapiaf</span></a> account for a while but started using it only a few days ago. I'm glad to be in such good company ! This is a good occasion to say hi to <span class="h-card"><a href="https://framapiaf.org/@sebsauvage" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>sebsauvage</span></a></span> and <span class="h-card"><a href="https://framapiaf.org/@gee" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gee</span></a></span> :) I've also been a die hard fan of <span class="h-card"><a href="https://framapiaf.org/@Framasoft" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Framasoft</span></a></span> pretty much since they started, a good occasion to thank them for everything they're doing ! I use <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/linuxmint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linuxmint</span></a> and <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/vim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vim</span></a>, and care about <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a>, <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatechange</span></a>, <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/anarchism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anarchism</span></a> and <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>queer</span></a> politics.</p>
Tacey "not very smart" O'Neil<p>I've just moved across to what is probably my natural home from tech.lgbt, so I guess it's a good idea to do another <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a> post.</p><p>I'm an aging (in my 50s) <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/mathematician" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mathematician</span></a> who started coming out as <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trans</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/nonbinary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonbinary</span></a> only a couple of years ago. Overall this has had massive positive effects on my life -- it's never too late. Sadly I'm a little fixated on being the teenage <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/goth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>goth</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/girl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>girl</span></a> that I missed the first time around -- my 13yo is not impressed.</p><p>I also like to play <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/ukulele" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukulele</span></a>.</p>
Nordstahl<p>Mathematical science shows what is. It is the language of unseen relations between things. But to use and apply that language, we must be able fully to appreciate, to feel, to seize the unseen, the unconscious.</p><p>- Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace</p><p><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/math" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>math</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/mathematics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mathematics</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/mathematician" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mathematician</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/ada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ada</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/lovelace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lovelace</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>life</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/bernoulli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bernoulli</span></a></p>
Tim Gent<p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Introduction</span></a>. Hi, I'm a <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/mathematician" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mathematician</span></a> working in <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/TransportModelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransportModelling</span></a>. I try to understand how people travel. Built an <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/OpenCanoe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenCanoe</span></a> &amp; will talk about it any opportunity. </p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/TransportPlanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransportPlanning</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ZeroCarbon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ZeroCarbon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/OperationalResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OperationalResearch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/FiftySomething" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FiftySomething</span></a><br>Love <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/DoctorWho" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DoctorWho</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Blakes7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blakes7</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/BritBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BritBox</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/GraphicNovels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GraphicNovels</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Comics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Comics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/2000AD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2000AD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Sandman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sandman</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Brexit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brexit</span></a> is awful but let's not be tribal about it. <br>Will vote <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/TaxMeMore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxMeMore</span></a>, I can take it others can't. <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Privileged" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privileged</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/InformedDebate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InformedDebate</span></a> welcome.</p>
🙈 Markus 💙💛 Shepherd 🙊<p><a href="https://tabletop.social/tags/Introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Introduction</span></a> <a href="https://tabletop.social/tags/NeuHier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeuHier</span></a></p><p>OK, let's do this… Hi, I'm Markus! 👋 You might know me as the guy behind <a href="https://recommend.games/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">recommend.games/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> 🎲</p><p>On the other site I was known as @MarkusRShepherd@twitter.com and here I've used <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@MarkusRShepherd" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>MarkusRShepherd</span></a></span> for a while.</p><p>I'm originally from 🇩🇪, lived in 🇬🇧 for a while, now in 🇫🇮, so my timeline might be a bit of a mix. 😅</p><p>Mostly here for <a href="https://tabletop.social/tags/BoardGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BoardGames</span></a>, but still a <a href="https://tabletop.social/tags/Mathematician" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mathematician</span></a> at heart. 🤓 I've got two young daughters that I try very hard to introduce to games. 🥰</p>