#Mathematician

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saoirse_idk

reminder that the BMI scale was invented by a racist mathematician (not a doctor) for the purpose of eugenics and he himself even admitted later that it was and is

Sarafina Nance

starstrickenSF

a friend showed her 6y/o niece one of my Constellations episodes, who asked if I’d been to space. my friend replied “Not yet.” she then said, “I bet she will.

Robert McNees

mcnees

The mathematician Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky was born #OTD in 1792. He developed a non-Euclidean geometry that shows up in areas ranging from relativity to the designs of M.C. Escher.Portrait: Lev

Peter Fries

Peter_Fries

We just rewatched Jurassic Park (1993) — funny how the reaction I remember to the movie at the time was fans of the book complaining that Spielberg had softened the

Mothers in Science

mothersinsci

Katherine Johnson was a trailblazer and a mathematician known for developing the calculations for taking the first US astronaut into space and safely landing Apollo11 on the moon. She was

visa is AFK working on @introspectVV

visakanv

I want to do a thread about Srinivasa Ramanujan, the mathematician. He lived a short but brilliant life of 32 years. He was born in 1887 in Erode, and he

Rashmi Vaidya Saraf

rashmi_shrikant

*Humility and Humbleness...*Cricketer Rahul Dravid was awarded with a Doctorate degree by the University of Bangalore, which Rahul Dravid gracefully returned. Not only did he give back the degree, but

Frankie

belgy67

Scotland has a form of proportional representation called The Additional Member System or D'hont system.The aims are to make the results of an election reflect more closely the amount of

MZS

mattzollerseitz

Watched Tenet again. It’s a much better example of dream logic than Inception. Bad sound included. Feels like Nolan jacked into his brain & recorded a dream he had about

The LGBT+ Partnership

LGBTChelt

LGBT+ History Month Icons from the LGBT+ Reading Group Gloucestershire.Alan Turing - his code breaking work to defeat the Nazi Enigma machines shortened the war by up to 2 years.

David Perell

david_perell

Creatives have two kinds of working: open mode and closed mode.Open mode: A state of unfocused play where you discover new ideas.Closed mode: A state of focused work where you

Justin Su'a

Justinsua

“When everyone goes right, go left.” Seeing a problem differently will lead to enhanced perspective and ultimately, better decisions.A Thread: Inverse Thinking Inverse thinking was inspired by the German

Rational π ☪️

m_afnaaan

Thread on Muslim Pioneers and Ancient Islamic Contributions to the Scientific World. First of all no thread is going to do any justice to the vast Muslim intellectual contributions

⭐Nereide🪐

Nereide

1/There are shining examples of the fact that mathematics is not a “boys only” club.One among these is Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise du Châtelet (Dec 17, 1706

Siobhan

HermioneJean5

THREAD: These next set of tweets are for my final project for one of my classes, Math of Everyday Life. These tweets will be about the mathematician, Erica N. Walker,

anton

atroyn

did you know there’s really big holes in mathematics? i do and it’s always bugged me.https://troynikov.io/alien-mathematics/ dynamics should be something we understand really well by now but we just kinda

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