@minouette@spore.social
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Jun 08, 2026
Ele Willoughby, PhD
@minouette@spore.social
Artist, printmaker and marine geophysicist. Settler in Tkaronto (she/her)
spore.social
Happy birthday to autodidact #mathematician Alicia Boole Stott (1860-1940), shown here with diagrams of cross-sections of 4D polytopes from her publications.
Alicia came to math honestly. Her father Prof George Boole developed Boolean logic, but died when she was 4. Her mother Mary Everest Boole was an autodidact mathematician & innovative math educator, who taught kids math through manipulation of objects.
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https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/4459151187
#womenInSTEM #histsci #mathematics #geometry #mastoArt
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@ottaross@mastodon.social
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Apr 12, 2026
Ross of Ottawa
@ottaross@mastodon.social
An Ottawa-based Ross, inspired by people who have interests and pursue them. Physics degreed, engineering careered. Enthusiastic about makerism, science, food ( #EBTSC! ), culture and art/design. Inordinately fond of breadmaking and chair design. Ephemera and daily activities. #Ottawa #Canada #maker Profile ALT text: Avatar is a white ceramic coffee mug like you might find in a diner. The banner is the famous Earthrise image where the Earth is just appearing over the moon.
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What was mathematician David Hilbert hiding under his hat?
Wrong answers only
#DavidHilbert #Mathematics #Mathematician
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@minouette@spore.social
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Apr 01, 2026
Ele Willoughby, PhD
@minouette@spore.social
Artist, printmaker and marine geophysicist. Settler in Tkaronto (she/her)
spore.social
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. Her work on elasticity theory won her the grand prize from the Paris Academy of Sciences. 🧵
#linocut #printmaking #sciart #mathematician #womenInSTEM #histsci
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