#Mathematician

Greg Muller (Dr Math)

Morilac

Watching music theory reckon with structural racism and entrenched white supremacy has me pondering similar issues structural issues in who we venerate in mathematics. We have our Schenkers, undoubtedly; Teichmüller,

KC

ClimbhiKc

So, after a looong time, a looong thread on a book by DD Kosambi. Kosambi was a mathematician by training but is known more for historiography. He did a Marxian

Cyrus Mody

ccmmody

great to have the @_Nano_Bubbles project underway, though we’re still waiting until 2021 for our formal launch. this project is the culmination of work i’ve been doing on nano for

Joseph T Noony

JoeAgneya

"There is no connection between Issac Newton/British Universities and Jesuit missionaries. Thus Newton could not have learned calculus from them"- A commentator challenged me.A silly claim. But here are the

Emma Crowley

EmmaCro16512295

WHY John Urschel IS IMPORTANT!! (a thread) Let's start off with some background. John Urschel was born in Winnipeg Canada, in 1991, making him only 29 years old. He moved

Rohit Lamba

rohlamba

0/ A holiday economic theory reading list. Some of my favorite pieces on theory that can be read with minimal sweat, but with the maximal intellectual reward. In no particular

foone

Foone

Aww yeah, now we can finally get up to some REAL programming fun fortran fact: at my government job, some of the other fresh-out-of-college kids were mainly employed to convert

Robert McNees

mcnees

The mathematician Karl Weierstrass was born #OTD, Halloween, in 1815. The fools at the academy all said he was mad, but in 1872 he announced that he had succeeded in

Bharadwaj

BharadwajSpeaks

This is THEFT! Indians had Algebra BEFORE Mμslim prophet & religion was even born.Here is Bakhshali Manuscript dating back to 3rd century CE. It is an Algebraic treatise. Have you

Joseph T Noony

JoeAgneya

At that time, Europe was struggling with a calendar problem-Their Julian calendar with leaps years had cumulatively lost 8 days by 1200s & kept getting worse! Pope Gregory ordered the

NACTO

NACTO

Transportation is about more than moving people; it’s also about the people that move transportation. We owe thanks to Black inventors whose innovations laid the groundwork for the transportation systems

Emma

AgarthaEmma

Mention flat earth theory and you can expect lots of laughter and eye rolls. Mention Hollow earth theory and most people have never even heard of it. Well I’m here

Will O’Brien

willobtweets

In this video you see the usage of an alternative method of pulling a pint of Guinness that was unfortunately lost in the 1960s, called the “high and low” system.

Delip Rao

deliprao

If you’re looking for something to watch this late Saturday evening, join me in watching this documentary on Claude Shannon.https://vimeo.com/315813606 Password: Shannon-ISIT (valid this weekend) Going to live tweet somethings becaus

Kaneenika Sinha

kaneenikasinha

My thoughts on the movie "Shakuntala Devi":1) The movie credits mention right upfront that the story is "as seen through the eyes of a daughter". That causes an emphasis on

Najla Alariefy

NajlaAlariefy

1/ "A City is not a Tree"This is an interesting idea in urban design. - It was written in 1964 by mathematician/architect Christopher Alexander (CA).- He realized natural, organic cities

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