Rowena Ball
@rowena-mathscieng.bsky.social
Professor in mathematical sciences, Indigenous and non-Western mathematics, Origin of life, Cross-disciplinary interests in all STEM, Railways, Country pub lunches
She/her, widowed, with 3 children and 3 grandchildren
She/her, widowed, with 3 children and 3 grandchildren
Yet, sometimes one's terrible mobile phone pictures of the moon can yield unexpected beauty
November 11, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Yet, sometimes one's terrible mobile phone pictures of the moon can yield unexpected beauty
On the day the book is published I'll send you a smoke telegram. You will have to unroll and decode it, relay it on with perfect fidelity, and send back an acknowledgement.
November 7, 2025 at 8:08 AM
On the day the book is published I'll send you a smoke telegram. You will have to unroll and decode it, relay it on with perfect fidelity, and send back an acknowledgement.
The boutique gin turned out to be a good fuel for a tiny steam engine, so all's well that ends well
October 27, 2025 at 10:52 AM
The boutique gin turned out to be a good fuel for a tiny steam engine, so all's well that ends well
You mean CALONC.
The name had been changed to Galong by 2018 tho
The name had been changed to Galong by 2018 tho
October 26, 2025 at 4:03 AM
You mean CALONC.
The name had been changed to Galong by 2018 tho
The name had been changed to Galong by 2018 tho
Interesting. There scope for such ideas to broaden too. That manuscript was handwritten by Hilbert's wife Kathe. It actually says: 'Mathematics knows no races. If we look at the history of our science, we see all nations and peoples taking successful and equal part in it...
October 25, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Interesting. There scope for such ideas to broaden too. That manuscript was handwritten by Hilbert's wife Kathe. It actually says: 'Mathematics knows no races. If we look at the history of our science, we see all nations and peoples taking successful and equal part in it...
Cautionary sign of the day. Geology forbidden. Fair enough. What's the penalty tho?
October 12, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Cautionary sign of the day. Geology forbidden. Fair enough. What's the penalty tho?
Roadside sign of the week. Not a sign you see every day.
Not an animal you see every day either. (I didn't.)
Not an animal you see every day either. (I didn't.)
October 7, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Roadside sign of the week. Not a sign you see every day.
Not an animal you see every day either. (I didn't.)
Not an animal you see every day either. (I didn't.)
Meanwhile, in Tasmania.
Furious farmers drive fifty tractors through the streets of Deloraine to protest a raw potato deal from cheap imports. Beaut little Fergie tractors, too!
Oi, all you chip-addicts, pay a fair price for your fix and support Tassie 🥔 growers!
Furious farmers drive fifty tractors through the streets of Deloraine to protest a raw potato deal from cheap imports. Beaut little Fergie tractors, too!
Oi, all you chip-addicts, pay a fair price for your fix and support Tassie 🥔 growers!
October 7, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Meanwhile, in Tasmania.
Furious farmers drive fifty tractors through the streets of Deloraine to protest a raw potato deal from cheap imports. Beaut little Fergie tractors, too!
Oi, all you chip-addicts, pay a fair price for your fix and support Tassie 🥔 growers!
Furious farmers drive fifty tractors through the streets of Deloraine to protest a raw potato deal from cheap imports. Beaut little Fergie tractors, too!
Oi, all you chip-addicts, pay a fair price for your fix and support Tassie 🥔 growers!
Oh does it now? This machine at the laundromat washes and outputs your clothes all folded? Well. I shall give it the dreaded fitted sheet test!
September 23, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Oh does it now? This machine at the laundromat washes and outputs your clothes all folded? Well. I shall give it the dreaded fitted sheet test!
Aww... there is hope, O ye ANU colleagues
September 11, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Aww... there is hope, O ye ANU colleagues
'The global fashion industry could soon produce enough unworn clothes to almost stretch from Earth to Mars and back'
That's going well then. We Aussies started that project in 1975 from the tail of a Qantas B747, only it was unwashed rather than unworn in that great era.
Qantas poster, NLA
That's going well then. We Aussies started that project in 1975 from the tail of a Qantas B747, only it was unwashed rather than unworn in that great era.
Qantas poster, NLA
September 2, 2025 at 11:16 AM
'The global fashion industry could soon produce enough unworn clothes to almost stretch from Earth to Mars and back'
That's going well then. We Aussies started that project in 1975 from the tail of a Qantas B747, only it was unwashed rather than unworn in that great era.
Qantas poster, NLA
That's going well then. We Aussies started that project in 1975 from the tail of a Qantas B747, only it was unwashed rather than unworn in that great era.
Qantas poster, NLA
Mount Gambier station two weeks ago. Such gables! The building is untenanted and in poor shape tho. The precinct was dumped on the local council, which is clueless wrt rail heritage. No-one wants to pay for it. What is to be done? A cafe/gift shop/art gallery? Sure, until it goes broke.
August 17, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Mount Gambier station two weeks ago. Such gables! The building is untenanted and in poor shape tho. The precinct was dumped on the local council, which is clueless wrt rail heritage. No-one wants to pay for it. What is to be done? A cafe/gift shop/art gallery? Sure, until it goes broke.
Aha! Behold the ANU campus ducks have been reinstated, after their protest march on the lawns of parliament house. Enough of these reducktions! What next, are they gonna sack the magpies? Ha. That'd learn 'em. [evil beak emoji] @ourANU
August 14, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Aha! Behold the ANU campus ducks have been reinstated, after their protest march on the lawns of parliament house. Enough of these reducktions! What next, are they gonna sack the magpies? Ha. That'd learn 'em. [evil beak emoji] @ourANU
About that interface you mentioned. Sometimes even that technology fails. Then an Abt rack will do the job!
August 10, 2025 at 10:25 AM
About that interface you mentioned. Sometimes even that technology fails. Then an Abt rack will do the job!
This giant of the forest really ought to trim its toenails
July 3, 2025 at 2:15 AM
This giant of the forest really ought to trim its toenails
The tour train does a roaring trade on weekends, tho
July 1, 2025 at 8:19 AM
The tour train does a roaring trade on weekends, tho
Lordy what an outsized grandiose wedding-cake folly Dunedin railway station is! What on earth were they thinking? That thousands of passengers would jostle and queue at those ticket windows every day and crowd onto half-hourly trains to... where?
July 1, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Lordy what an outsized grandiose wedding-cake folly Dunedin railway station is! What on earth were they thinking? That thousands of passengers would jostle and queue at those ticket windows every day and crowd onto half-hourly trains to... where?
The Ticket Window. Here is a bloody beauty for my forthcoming photo exhibition on this rare and endangered feature of railway architecture – a triplet! Dunedin station, NZ Aotearoa.
#trains #railways #architecture
#trains #railways #architecture
July 1, 2025 at 8:19 AM
The Ticket Window. Here is a bloody beauty for my forthcoming photo exhibition on this rare and endangered feature of railway architecture – a triplet! Dunedin station, NZ Aotearoa.
#trains #railways #architecture
#trains #railways #architecture