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Thank you all for following over the past few years. The #dailymaths problems will continue over at and going forward. I hope you will follow us over there. You can get the 2025 calendar at #math
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GREAT WOMAN OF MATHEMATICS: DR. GLADYS MAE WEST, born 1930. Pioneer responsible for the mathematics behind GPS. Growing up in rural Virginia, she saw how hard the lives of her parents, a tobacco farm and railroad worker, respectively, were and determined to find a way 1/8 #GWOM
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GREAT WOMAN OF MATHEMATICS: DR. MARYAM MIRZAKHANI, 1977-2017. First woman and first Iranian to win the Fields Medal. Multiple gold medals at International Mathematical Olympiad as a teen. At age 20, she survived a tragic bus crash that killed many of her friends. Overcame 1/5
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GREAT WOMAN OF MATHEMATICS: MARGARET HAMILTON, born 1936. Software engineer who worked on the Apollo missions, founder of two software companies, author of over 130 papers. Hamilton earned a degree in mathematics with a minor in philosophy from @earlham1847. She intended to 1/8
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GREAT WOMAN OF MATHEMATICS: FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE, 1820-1910. Best known as a nurse who helped take the role of nurse from cultural caretaker to medical professional, Florence Nightingale was also a mathematical trailblazer. Her parents had objected to her becoming a nurse, 1/8
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GREAT WOMAN OF MATHEMATICS: Katherine Johnson (born 1918 and still going strong). Brilliant mathematician who graduated high school at age 14 despite the hardship of no local public school being available for black students. Took every available maths course at West #GWOM 1/5
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GREAT WOMAN OF MATHEMATICS: DR. EMMY NOETHER, 1882-1935. Responsible for concept of "Noetherian" mathematical objects, colleague of Einstein, genius whose work unified topology, geometry, logic, and algebra. Noether grew up in Germany in the family of a maths professor, #GWOM 1/8
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Today's #dailymaths CHALLENGE PROBLEM. Problems are taken from the Mathematics 2021 calendar. Each day's problem is posted at 1am Eastern/6am London. Previous day's solution is added a few hours later. Guest mathematician posts welcome; DM if interested!
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GREAT WOMAN OF MATHEMATICS: MARIA AGNESI, 1718-1799. First woman to be appointed to a maths professorship (University of Bologna). Child prodigy who spoke 7 languages by age 11. Though she had many opportunities to study, growing up in a wealthy family, she chose mathematics 1/7
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GREAT WOMAN OF MATHEMATICS: DR. NANCY GRACE ROMAN, 1925-2018. The "Mother of Hubble," Dr. Roman was the first woman to hold an executive position @NASA, the agency's first Chief of Astronomy. Her interest in science was lifelong, supported by her parents but discouraged by 1/7
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WASHING YOUR HANDS is the most important health advice right now, but HOW do we know that it works? Because of FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE, who invented descriptive statistics to quantify the lives saved by the hygiene practices she and other nurses instituted. Here's more about her!.
GREAT WOMAN OF MATHEMATICS: FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE, 1820-1910. Best known as a nurse who helped take the role of nurse from a cultural caretaker to a medical profession in its own right, Florence Nightingale was also a mathematical trailblazer. She was directly responsible for 1/5
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GREAT WOMAN OF MATHEMATICS: DR. JUDITH RESNICK, 1949-1986. Daughter of Russian immigrants. Both the first Jewish woman and the first American Jew in space. She earned bachelor's and PhD degrees in electrical engineering after deciding against a career as a concert pianist, 1/5
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GREAT WOMAN OF MATHEMATICS: FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE, 1820-1910. Best known as a nurse who helped take the role of nurse from a cultural caretaker to a medical profession in its own right, Florence Nightingale was also a mathematical trailblazer. She was directly responsible for 1/5
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Note to all scheduled guest mathematicians for the #dailymaths: now getting threats in my DMs of what will happen to me if I don't make political statements. My mental health is not great. May end up having to end the project and delete. I apologize to you, your kids, students.
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GREAT WOMAN OF MATHEMATICS: DR. ANGIE TURNER KING, 1905-2004. Dr. King is best known as the teacher and mentor of Katherine Johnson, the mathematician who calculated trajectories for Apollo space missions (link below) but her story is amazing in its own right. She was the 1/7
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GREAT WOMAN OF MATHEMATICS: Katherine Johnson, 1918-2020. Brilliant mathematician who graduated high school at age 14 despite the obstacle of no local public school being available for Black students. Took every available maths course at West Virginia State, an HBCU, which 1/6
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Margaret Hamilton, the woman in this iconic photo beside her stack of computer code, turns 84 this week! Learn her incredible story in the thread below.
GREAT WOMAN OF MATHEMATICS: MARGARET HAMILTON, born 1936. Software engineer who worked on the Apollo missions, founder of two software companies, author of over 130 papers. Hamilton earned a degree in mathematics with a minor in philosophy from @earlham1847. She intended to 1/8
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1998, but not from learning--she earned a PhD in 2018, at age 87! Despite literally "doing the maths" for GPS, Dr. West uses paper maps when she and Ira travel, since she trusts her brain most and some data points could be outdated from when she worked on the equations. /end.
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GREAT WOMAN OF MATHEMATICS: DR. FERN HUNT, born 1948. Dr. Hunt is a probability theorist and mathematical biologist who has made important contributions to our understanding of dynamical systems and mathematical modeling. She was born in 1948 to working class parents, #GWOM 1/8
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Did you know that Einstein had a female colleague? She basically invented abstract algebra and there's a strong case to be made that she's the greatest of all the great women of mathematics. Meet Emmy Noether!.
GREAT WOMAN OF MATHEMATICS: DR. EMMY NOETHER, 1882-1935. Responsible for concept of "Noetherian" mathematical objects, colleague of Einstein, genius whose work unified topology, geometry, logic, and algebra. Noether grew up in Germany in the family of a maths professor, #GWOM 1/8
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Your Daily Epsilon of Math . DM if you are interested in writing a future solution post. #dailymaths #math
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fight. Survived by her husband and young daughter. Her many posthumous honors have been too numerous to list here. Dr. Mirzakhani was a brilliant, bright mathematical star whose life was tragically short but whose light will never go out. 5/5
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GREAT WOMAN OF MATHEMATICS: MARY WINSTON JACKSON, 1921-2005. First black woman to become a NASA engineer. Jackson was born and spent most of her life in Hampton, Va. She graduated from Hampton University in 1942 with degrees in mathematics and physical science. She #GWOM 1/6
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GREAT WOMAN OF MATHEMATICS: EMILIE DU CHATELET, 1706-1749. Growing up in the household of a member of French nobility gave her better access to education than was typical for women in her era. Her father arranged for the secretary of the French Academy of Science to see #GWOM 1/8
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She mathematically proved both Newton and Voltaire (her lover!) wrong, wrote a French translation of Principia that's still used today, and refused to be kept out of intellectual discussions from which women were once barred. Meet the fascinating and fabulous Emilie du Chatelet.
GREAT WOMAN OF MATHEMATICS: EMILIE DU CHATELET, 1706-1749. Growing up in the household of a member of French nobility gave her better access to education than was typical for women in her era. Her father arranged for the secretary of the French Academy of Science to see #GWOM 1/8
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BREAKING NEWS! @NASA is naming the new headquarters in DC after "Hidden Figure," Mary Jackson. Her story is amazing and inspiring. Read it below!!.
GREAT WOMAN OF MATHEMATICS: MARY WINSTON JACKSON, 1921-2005. First black woman to become a NASA engineer. Jackson was born and spent most of her life in Hampton, Va. She graduated from Hampton University in 1942 with degrees in mathematics and physical science. She #GWOM 1/6
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She had an astonishing career, including finding evidence for dark matter, and together with her husband raised four PhDs. Meet the remarkable Dr. Vera Rubin.
GREAT WOMAN OF MATHEMATICS (AND ASTRONOMY!): DR. VERA FLORENCE RUBIN, 1928-2016. Dr. Rubin was a pioneer, doing paradigm-shifting work on the galaxy rotation problem, which provides major evidence of dark matter. She was born in Philadelphia to Jewish immigrants. She grew up 1/8
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GREAT WOMAN OF MATHEMATICS: DR. EUPHEMIA HAYNES, 1890-1980. First black woman to earn a PhD in mathematics. Martha Euphemia Lofton Haynes grew up in Washington, D.C., where a large community of freed slaves settled after the Civil War. The black community in the DC area #GWOM 1/6
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Katherine Johnson died this morning at age 101. 😭😭😭 Here’s her remarkable American story. Condolences to all who knew and loved her. What a loss for the world and for mathematics! (Will repost thread below with her death date at some point.).
GREAT WOMAN OF MATHEMATICS: Katherine Johnson (born 1918 and still going strong). Brilliant mathematician who graduated high school at age 14 despite the hardship of no local public school being available for black students. Took every available maths course at West #GWOM 1/5
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GREAT WOMAN OF MATHEMATICS: ANNIE J. EASLEY, 1933-2011. Easley was born in Birmingham, Alabama, prior to the Civil Rights Movement, when educational and career opportunities for black Americans were very limited. Her mother was especially encouraging of Annie's dreams, #GWOM 1/8
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GREAT WOMAN OF MATHEMATICS: DR. JUDITH "JUDY" RESNIK, 1949-1986. Daughter of Ukrainian immigrants. Both the first Jewish woman and the first American Jew in space. She earned B.S. and PhD degrees in electrical engineering after deciding against a career as a concert pianist, 1/5
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GREAT WOMAN OF MATHEMATICS: U.S. NAVY REAR ADMIRAL GRACE HOPPER, 1906-1992. A pioneering computer scientist, Dr. Hopper earned a Yale PhD and was already a trailblazer, serving as a maths professor, before she attempted to enlist and serve our country during World War 2. 1/5
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Many new followers since last night (thanks!!). 😭 Here’s an especially awesome story about a great woman of mathematics who was the pioneer behind GPS—with a jaw dropping ending.
GREAT WOMAN OF MATHEMATICS: DR. GLADYS MAE WEST, born 1930. Pioneer responsible for the mathematics behind GPS. Growing up in rural Virginia, she saw how hard the lives of her parents, a tobacco farm and railroad worker, respectively, were and determined to find a way 1/8 #GWOM
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8,000 followers is a milestone I never imagined possible when I started six months ago. Never imagined it would happen in the middle of an insomniac night, but grateful all the same.Thank you to everyone for your support over the last six months, especially the last six hours. 🥰.
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GREAT WOMAN OF MATHEMATICS: HERTHA AYRTON, 1854-1923. British mathematician, engineer, and inventor, Ayrton was nominated for membership in the fellowship of the Royal Society in 1902--the first woman to be so honored. She was denied because, as a married woman, she had no 1/x
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GREAT WOMAN OF MATHEMATICS: DR. TRACHETTE JACKSON, born 1972. Trachette Jackson was an Air Force kid, moving all over the US and the world until she was 12, when the family settled in Arizona. She spent the summer after her junior year in an ASU program for minority students, 1/7
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Today's #dailymaths CHALLENGE PROBLEM. Problems are taken from the Mathematics 2021 calendar. Each day's problem is posted at 1am Eastern/6am London. Previous day's solution is added a few hours later. Guest mathematician posts welcome; DM if interested!
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GREAT WOMAN OF MATHEMATICS: DR. WINIFRED EDGERTON MERRILL, 1862-1951. The first American woman to earn a PhD in mathematics. She was born in Wisconsin. Little is known about her parents, but they were able to provide her with both emotional and material support for her dreams 1/9
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Mathematical art! Each digit was assigned a color, and a computer used the colors to draw pi. 😍
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Today's #dailymaths CHALLENGE PROBLEM. Problems are taken from the Mathematics 2021 calendar. Each day's problem is posted at 1am Eastern/6am London. Previous day's solution is added a few hours later. Guest mathematician posts welcome; DM if interested!
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GREAT WOMAN OF MATHEMATICS: MARY GOLDA ROSS, 1908-2008. Mary Golda Ross was the first Native American woman to become an engineer. The great-granddaughter of a Cherokee Chief, she grew up in the Cherokee tradition, which educated boys and girls equally. She graduated from 1/x
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GREAT WOMAN OF MATHEMATICS: Katherine Johnson (born 1918 and still going strong). Brilliant mathematician who graduated high school at age 14 despite the hardship of no local public school being available for black students. Took every available maths course at West #GWOM 1/5
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July 14, 2017 was the day we lost Dr. Maryam Mirzakhani, the first woman and first Iranian to win the Fields Medal. She was a remarkable woman with an astonishing life story. Meet her in the thread below.
GREAT WOMAN OF MATHEMATICS: DR. MARYAM MIRZAKHANI, 1977-2017. First woman and first Iranian to win the Fields Medal. Multiple gold medals at International Mathematical Olympiad as a teen. At age 20, she survived a tragic bus crash that killed many of her friends. Overcame 1/5
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This beautiful art was made by assigning a different shade to each digit, 0 through 9, and then "drawing" pi out to many, many digits. 😍
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She mathematically proved both Newton and Voltaire (her lover!) wrong, wrote a French translation of Principia that's still used today, and refused to be kept out of intellectual discussions from which women were once barred. Meet the fascinating and fabulous Emilie du Chatelet.
GREAT WOMAN OF MATHEMATICS: EMILIE DU CHATELET, 1706-1749. Growing up in the household of a member of French nobility gave her better access to education than was typical for women in her era. Her father arranged for the secretary of the French Academy of Science to see #GWOM 1/8
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Her awards and honors are far too numerous to list here, but they include the Ada Lovelace Award and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which she was awarded by @BarackObama in 2016, and her likeness being included in the extraordinarily cool @LegoNASAWomen set. 8/8
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She passed away just shy of one year ago. (A blessing she died peacefully, just before the world imploded.) As a spacecraft is named for her and we mark the anniversary of her passing, take a minute to learn more about Katherine Johnson in the thread below. #BlackHistoryMonth.
GREAT WOMAN OF MATHEMATICS: Katherine Johnson, 1918-2020. Brilliant mathematician who graduated high school at age 14 despite the obstacle of no local public school being available for Black students. Took every available maths course at West Virginia State, an HBCU, which 1/6
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GREAT WOMAN OF MATHEMATICS: DR. OLGA LADYZHENSKAYA, 1922-2004. Dr. L was born in Kologriv, a small town in Russia, just a few months before the Soviet Union was officially founded. Her father was a maths teacher who nurtured her interest in maths. He was arrested when #GWOM 1/8
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This project got started when I found out by accident that Florence Nightingale wasn't just a hero of nursing--she was a mathematical pioneer, too.
GREAT WOMAN OF MATHEMATICS: FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE, 1820-1910. Best known as a nurse who helped take the role of nurse from a cultural caretaker to a medical profession in its own right, Florence Nightingale was also a mathematical trailblazer. She was directly responsible for 1/5
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Dr. Maryam Mirzakhani was the first woman and the first Iranian to win the Fields Medal. Though tragically short, her life was a testament to resilience and perseverance. Meet her in the thread below!.
GREAT WOMAN OF MATHEMATICS: DR. MARYAM MIRZAKHANI, 1977-2017. First woman and first Iranian to win the Fields Medal. Multiple gold medals at International Mathematical Olympiad as a teen. At age 20, she survived a tragic bus crash that killed many of her friends. Overcame 1/5
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GREAT WOMAN OF MATHEMATICS: DR. JULIA ROBINSON, 1919-1985. Best known for solving Hilbert's Tenth Problem, Julia Robinson had a long and impressive mathematical career. She was born in St. Louis and grew up in California. Her childhood was marred by the early loss of #GWOM 1/8
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Today's #dailymaths CHALLENGE PROBLEM. Problems are taken from the Mathematics 2021 calendar. Each day's problem is posted at 1am Eastern/6am London. Previous day's solution is added a few hours later. Guest mathematician posts welcome; DM if interested!
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She earned two PhDs and was a friend of Solzhenitsyn, doing groundbreaking mathematical work while courageously resisting totalitarianism in the old Soviet Union. Meet the indomitable Dr. Olga Ladyzhenskaya.
GREAT WOMAN OF MATHEMATICS: DR. OLGA LADYZHENSKAYA, 1922-2004. Dr. L was born in Kologriv, a small town in Russia, just a few months before the Soviet Union was officially founded. Her father was a maths teacher who nurtured her interest in maths. He was arrested when #GWOM 1/8
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GREAT WOMAN OF MATHEMATICS: DR. SALLY RIDE, 1951-2012. First American woman in space, youngest American astronaut, and first lesbian in space. Grew up in California, where she was a nationally ranked tennis player. Graduated from Stanford with double majors in English and 1/7
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GREAT WOMAN OF MATHEMATICS: DAME DR. KATHLEEN TIMPSON OLLERENSHAW, 1912-2014. Dr. O grew up in Manchester, England. She became deaf at age 8. An inspiring headmistress at the Ladybank Montessori School nurtured her interest in mathematics. #deaf #deafpride #deafHOH #GWOM 1/7
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herself a naturally gifted "maths person." Considered herself to be a slow mathematician. Said, "You have to spend some energy and effort to see the beauty of math." She was a professor of mathematics at Stanford since 2009. She died of breast cancer at age 40 after a 3-year 4/5.
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GREAT WOMAN OF MATHEMATICS (AND ASTRONOMY!): DR. VERA FLORENCE RUBIN, 1928-2016. Dr. Rubin was a pioneer, doing paradigm-shifting work on the galaxy rotation problem, which provides major evidence of dark matter. She was born in Philadelphia to Jewish immigrants. She grew up 1/8
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the genuine oppression of life in a theocracy and became such a respected figure that just after her death, Iranian newspapers published photos of her with uncovered hair (perhaps in part b/c it was all they had; she stopped wearing hijab once she got to freedom in the US). 2/5.
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April is Mathematics and Statistics Awareness Month. Did you know that Florence Nightingale (yes, THAT Florence Nightingale) was a pioneering statistician and data visualization innovator? Learn about her--including hearing her voice!--in the thread below.
GREAT WOMAN OF MATHEMATICS: FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE, 1820-1910. Best known as a nurse who helped take the role of nurse from cultural caretaker to medical professional, Florence Nightingale was also a mathematical trailblazer. Her parents had objected to her becoming a nurse, 1/8
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This account will be 1 year old on Halloween. It has already been successful beyond my wildest dreams (thank you!!), but in the spirit of telling 2020 where to get off, we have a challenge! If we get to 20,020 followers by Halloween, I will give away two @LegoNASAWomen sets!
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GREAT WOMAN OF THE US SPACE PROGRAM: DR. KALPANA CHAWLA, 1962-2003. First generation American, of Indian descent. Earned a bachelor's of engineering in India before immigrating to America and becoming a citizen in April 1991. Here she earned master's and Phd degrees in #GWOM 1/5
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One of the astronauts lost in the Columbia disaster was a first-generation American. It would've been her birthday this week. Learn about Dr. Kalpana Chawla in the thread below.
GREAT WOMAN OF THE US SPACE PROGRAM: DR. KALPANA CHAWLA, 1962-2003. First generation American, of Indian descent. Earned a bachelor's of engineering in India before immigrating to America and becoming a citizen in April 1991. Here she earned master's and Phd degrees in #GWOM 1/5
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At 8pm Eastern on October 31 (this account's birthday) I will give this @LegoNASAWomen set away via random number! Good anywhere in the world (that the USPS delivers). Hoping to hit 20,020 followers (because screw 2020, that's why!) but will give it away regardless. RT to enter!
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GREAT WOMAN OF MATHEMATICS: SOPHIE GERMAIN, 1776-1831. #GWOM Marie-Sophie Germain was born in 1776 in Paris. During the French Revolution, she was confined to her home, for safety. She used the time to devour all the knowledge in her family's large library. The story of the 1/8
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For everyone who needs inspiration to be a mathematical badass today: the story of Dr. Emmy Noether.
GREAT WOMAN OF MATHEMATICS: DR. EMMY NOETHER, 1882-1935. Responsible for concept of "Noetherian" mathematical objects, colleague of Einstein, genius whose work unified topology, geometry, logic, and algebra. Noether grew up in Germany in the family of a maths professor, #GWOM 1/8
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Did you know that a woman wrote the first textbook to teach both differential and integral calculus? She was guided by deep faith and made bold choices--including telling the Pope no. Meet Maria Agnesi.
GREAT WOMAN OF MATHEMATICS: MARIA AGNESI, 1718-1799. First woman to be appointed to a maths professorship (University of Bologna). Child prodigy who spoke 7 languages by age 11. Though she had many opportunities to study, growing up in a wealthy family, she chose mathematics 1/7
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Sadly (but not surprisingly), Iranian propaganda photoshopped a hijab onto her image in later coverage. In the US, she earned a Harvard PhD. Her work focused on hyperbolic geometry, Riemann surfaces, and their moduli spaces. Grew up wanting to be a writer and did not consider 3/5.
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GREAT WOMAN OF MATHEMATICS: DR. HELEN QUINN, born 1943. A native of Australia, Quinn was encouraged to pursue maths by a high school teacher, but faced obstacles as a maths-loving girl in an era with limited opportunities for women. "I once walked into the engineering school 1/7
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raised three children--and are still married, 62 years later! She was honored by the US Air Force in 2018 with induction into the Air Force Space and Missile Pioneers Hall of Fame, one of the highest honors the US Air Force can bestow on a civilian. She and Ira retired in 7/8
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Today's #dailymaths problem from _Your Daily Epsilon of Math 2022_ calendar (. Guest solution posts welcome; DM if interested!
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This account takes no position on who should be POTUS, Brexit, abortion, the death penalty, LGBT issues, or anything else other than "the #dailymaths challenge is fun and the stories of mathematical women should be shared." It never will. Threats are being reported to police.
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got the astronauts home safely. In her post-Apollo life, Hamilton started two software companies. NASA coworker, Paul Curto, called her work "the foundation for ultra-reliable software design," which means we all owe her a debt of gratitude in our computer-guided lives. 7/8
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Next month is Katherine Johnson's birthday. Many special events planned, including a couple of big giveaways. Today though--we are creeping up on 15,000 followers and I have a @LegoNASAWomen set to give away then! RT this to be entered. Must be following to win so I can DM you.
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Coming soon: a story on the Great Woman of Mathematics from this iconic photo!
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Meet Dr. Trachette Jackson, a mathematical oncologist (did you know there was such a thing?). 🤓 She is fighting cancer by working for a mathematically precise understanding of how tumors grow.
GREAT WOMAN OF MATHEMATICS: DR. TRACHETTE JACKSON, born 1972. Trachette Jackson was an Air Force kid, moving all over the US and the world until she was 12, when the family settled in Arizona. She spent the summer after her junior year in an ASU program for minority students, 1/7
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Dr. Euphemia Haynes was the first black woman to earn a PhD in mathematics. She passed away during the last week of July in 1980. Her remarkable life included a Papal medal. Meet her in the thread below!.
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One of the astronauts lost in the Challenger disaster was both a brilliant musician and a pilot with nerves of steel. Meet the legendary Dr. Judith Resnick.
GREAT WOMAN OF MATHEMATICS: DR. JUDITH RESNICK, 1949-1986. Daughter of Russian immigrants. Both the first Jewish woman and the first American Jew in space. She earned bachelor's and PhD degrees in electrical engineering after deciding against a career as a concert pianist, 1/5
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Q: Why did 7 eat 9?.A: Because it's important to eat three squared meals a day!.😆😆😆.
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When I started this account last Halloween, I never imagined it would reach even 500 followers. To be in the thousands of my favorite prime (17) and the first prime in the second half (17,509) is beyond amazing. Thank you so much for your support. It means the world. 🥰
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collecting hard data and using statistics to analyze and document medical outcomes was a game-changer in the cause of evidence-based medicine. Her influence as both a mathematician and practitioner of medicine continues to resonate today. 5/5
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GREAT WOMAN OF MATHEMATICS: DR. EVELYN BOYD GRANVILLE, born 1924. Dr. Granville was the second black woman to earn a PhD in mathematics. Born in 1924, she grew up during the Great Depression. Her father worked as a janitor and the family struggled with poverty. She attended a 1/9
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We've all spent close to seven months washing, washing, washing our hands, but have you ever wondered why we know it works? Because of a mathematical trailblazer (oh yeah, a nurse too) named Florence Nightingale.
GREAT WOMAN OF MATHEMATICS: FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE, 1820-1910. Best known as a nurse who helped take the role of nurse from a cultural caretaker to a medical profession in its own right, Florence Nightingale was also a mathematical trailblazer. She was directly responsible for 1/5
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On the bad-assery scale, there's "earning a PhD at age 87," then a few solar systems worth of distance, and then the second biggest bad-ass of all time. Meet Dr. Gladys Mae West!.
GREAT WOMAN OF MATHEMATICS: DR. GLADYS MAE WEST, born 1930. Pioneer responsible for the mathematics behind GPS. Growing up in rural Virginia, she saw how hard the lives of her parents, a tobacco farm and railroad worker, respectively, were and determined to find a way 1/8 #GWOM
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One of my neighbors just bought a new hybrid. Each and every time I see a hybrid, I think of Annie Easley, whose work led to the first batteries for hybrid cars!.
GREAT WOMAN OF MATHEMATICS: ANNIE J. EASLEY, 1933-2011. Easley was born in Birmingham, Alabama, prior to the Civil Rights Movement, when educational and career opportunities for black Americans were very limited. Her mother was especially encouraging of Annie's dreams, #GWOM 1/8
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of the American Statistical Association. A special treat for those who read this bio all the way through: here is a YouTube recording of her actual voice!
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Admiral Dr. Grace Hopper was such a badass that when the US military told her she was too tiny for service, she said, “Nah, imma need you to waive your rules and let me in anyway.” And they did!! 😃.
GREAT WOMAN OF MATHEMATICS: U.S. NAVY REAR ADMIRAL GRACE HOPPER, 1906-1992. A pioneering computer scientist, Dr. Hopper earned a Yale PhD and was already a trailblazer, serving as a maths professor, before she attempted to enlist and serve our country during World War 2. 1/5
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