"Whenever one of the graduates, Jane Monroe – a #mathematician who worked in #cryptanalysis in Hut 6 at Bletchley Park, deciphering the coded messages sent on German Enigma machines around the clock – was asked what she did during the war, she would always say: “Oh, I made the tea.”"
Happy birthday to Gerardus Mercator (1512-1594) renown Flemish cartographer.
What made Mercator a great #cartographer, was in fact his abilities as a #mathematician -and like those of us scientists who feel compelled also to create art he was wasn't hindered by his immense ability as an engraver. He produced beautiful world maps (a version of which is depicted in this print), globes, 🧵1/n
Happy birthday to Marjorie Rice (née Jeuck, 1923–2017) who discovered 4 new pentagonal tilings of the Euclidian plane!
The San Diego mother of 5 (6th died in infancy) completed half a correspondence art course after high school & had no training as a #mathematician but was always interested in #math & art. She began to follow SciAm writer/amateur mathematician Martin Gardner's column, rushing to devour the magazine before her son 🧵1/
Happy birthday to Russian #mathematician & writer Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevski (1850-1891). Her contributions to analysis, differential equations & mechanics include Cauchy-Kovalevski theorem & 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. 🧵1/n
⠀ #sciart#printmaking#WomenInSTEM#MastoArt#printmakersOfMastodon#mathematics
Happy birthday to #mathematician & #astronomer Nicole-Reine Lepaute (1723-1788)! My #linocut celebrates her calculated path of the solar eclipse of 1764. She also worked with Alexis Clairaut & 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 & Saturn on orbit). 🧵1/n
For #ArtAdventCalendar Day 13: Happy birthday to #mathematician Virginia Ragsdale (1870-1945). The Ragsdale conjecture, made in her 1906 dissertation, is amongst the earliest and most famous on the #topology of real & algebraic curves, which stimulated a lot of 20th century research & was not disproved until ‘79. A correct upper bound has yet to be found. In her dissertation she tackles the 16th of David Hilbert’s famous 23 unsolved 🧵1/n
#artAdventCalendar Happy birthday to #mathematician & #computerscientist US Navy rear admiral Grace Hopper (1906-1992) who popularized the revolutionary idea of developing machine-independent programming languages based on English.
She began teaching at Vassar in 31 & got PhD (Yale) in 34. She found marriage & teaching less fulfilling & tried to enlist in the Navy, but was rejected then got a special exemption to volunteer 🧵1/n
For #ArtAdventCalendar Day 6 my #linocut of Marjorie Rice (née Jeuck, 1923–2017) who discovered 4 new pentagonal tilings of the Euclidian plane.
The San Diego mother of 5 (6th died in infancy) completed half a correspondence art course after high school & had no training as a #mathematician but was always interested in #math & art. 🧵1/n
My nautilus with golden rectangle print for Fibonacci Day. November 23 if written in MM/DD format recalls the #mathematician Leonardo Bonaccio of Pisa (c. 1170 - c. 1240 or 50) aka Fibonacci’s sequence (1,1,2,3…) where each number is the sun of the previous two. He used it to describe rabbit populations, but the sequence is commonly observed in nature, 🧵1/2
Un mathématicien voit deux personnes entrer dans une maison. Peu de temps après, trois personnes en sortent.
— “Si une personne entrait maintenant, la maison serait alors vide”, dit-il.
For the #Spacetober prompt ‘historic launch vehicles’ it’s my portrait of #mathematician and NASA scientist Katherine Johnson (1918 – 2020). One of the first Black women employed as a NASA scientist (& its predecessor NACA), she was known for her mastery of complex manual calculations of orbital mechanics & played a pivotal role in the success of the US crewed spaceflights from the beginning.
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For #SciArtSeptember day 17: abstract, my cubist inspired portrait of mathematician Henri Poincaré. This print is about how art movements in art can be connected with contemporary math and physics (and other sciences). Specifically, the way Cubism breaks from a single favoured perspective or absolute frame of reference & attempts to break down subjects into
Happy birthday to mathematician & NASA scientist Katherine Johnson (née Coleman; 1918 – 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 the US crewed spaceflights from the beginning.
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Hi everyone !
I'm a French #mathematician and an old school #geek. Had this #framapiaf 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 @sebsauvage and @gee :) I've also been a die hard fan of @Framasoft pretty much since they started, a good occasion to thank them for everything they're doing ! I use #linuxmint and #vim, and care about #science, #climatechange, #anarchism and #queer politics.