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
GREAT WOMAN OF MATHEMATICS: DR. KAREN UHLENBECK, born 1942. First woman to win the Abel Prize, the "Nobel Prize of Maths." A founder of modern geometric analysis, her work has brought important insight to the intersection of mathematics and physics, with applications #GWOM 1/6
My favorite thing about being a scientist is when you spend a week of thought and pages of calculation to make sure one sentence is exactly correct, and then you decide not to include it.
New documentary on loop quantum gravity, featuring Abhay Ashtekar, Carlo Rovelli @carlorovelli, Lee Smolin, Roger Penrose, Francesca Vidotto @FrancesVidotto, and others, by @skydivephil.
https://t.co/gYTfYYfgj8
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Notícia boa para os alunos de Macaé! A partir desse semestre letivo, o Serviço de Psicologia Aplicada estará disponível para atendimento no campus e na moradia estudantil! 👏👏👏
Confira a novidade aqui: https://t.co/CISQSMVqCR
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Have you seen today’s #GoogleDoodle? The illustration celebrates mathematician Olga Ladyzhenskaya's 97th birthday. Her work in fluid dynamics led to the development of equations used in meteorology, aeronautics, medicine, and more. https://t.co/2735evYRsF
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