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Women counter in the seminar this morning: 1/12.
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@gutenberg_org@mastodon.social · 4 days ago

“I think the driving thing was curiosity about the universe. That fascinated me. I didn't think anything about being famous or anything like that, I was just interested in the concepts involved.”

Pluto was discovered #OTD in 1930 by Clyde W. Tombaugh, making it the first known object in the Kuiper belt. It was immediately hailed as the ninth planet. However, its planetary status was questioned when it was found to be much smaller than expected. via @wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clyde_Tombaugh

#science

The astronomer Clyde Tombaugh, discoverer of Pluto here shown with his homemade 9-inch telescope.

Clyde Tombaugh is shown here with his homemade 9-inch Newtonian reflector telescope. The image captures the young Tombaugh in shirt, tie, and glasses, standing beside the telescope he built himself from farm machinery parts and a mail-order lens while growing up in rural Kansas.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clyde_W._Tombaugh.jpeg — The astronomer Clyde Tombaugh, discoverer of Pluto here shown with his homemade 9-inch telescope. Clyde Tombaugh is shown here with his homemade 9-inch Newtonian reflector telescope. The image captures the young Tombaugh in shirt, tie, and glasses, standing beside the telescope he built himself from farm machinery parts and a mail-order lens while growing up in rural Kansas. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clyde_W._Tombaugh.jpeg

Clyde Tombaugh - Wikipedia

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@gutenberg_org@mastodon.social replied · 4 days ago

Trans-Neptunian planet (Planet X) computations by Elizabeth Williams

https://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/nodes/view/76023?lsk=2c55a12ad11e2434a14e1abfdebbdae0

#books #astronomy #womeninstem

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Ele Willoughby, PhD

@minouette@spore.social · 6 days ago

Happy birthday to Marjorie Rice (née Jeuck, 1923–2017) who discovered 4 new pentagonal tilings of the Euclidian plane!

The San Diego mother of 5 (6th died in infancy) completed half a correspondence art course after high school & had no training as a #mathematician but was always interested in #math & art. She began to follow SciAm writer/amateur mathematician Martin Gardner’s column, … 🧵

https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/1413024426

#womenInSTEM #printmaking #mathematics #linocut #mastoArt

My linocut portrait of Marjorie Rice with 4 groupings of her 4 pentagonal tiling patterns in pale orange, pink, purple and lime. Her shirt is a pattern of orange butterflies and white daisies on a dark green background. The pattern is based on the orange pentagonal tiling. She is shown in green with a background of yellow at her neckline to lime going up with lines and details overprinted in dark green. She is smiling at the viewer.

Ele Willoughby, PhD

@minouette@spore.social · 6 days ago

Happy birthday to Marjorie Rice (née Jeuck, 1923–2017) who discovered 4 new pentagonal tilings of the Euclidian plane!

https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/1413024426

#womenInSTEM #printmaking #mathematics #linocut #mastoArt