Heather
@waterman-physics.bsky.social
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Teacher, student, knitter, reader. The order depends on the day. Opinions are my own
Teacher, student, knitter, reader. The order depends on the day. Opinions are my own
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For #SciArtSeptember day 9: heart, it’s trailblazing American biochemist Marie Maynard Daly (1921-2003), 1st Black woman to earn a PhD in chemistry in the US! 🐡🧪👩🏾🔬 #histsci 🧵1/n
She made important research contributions to the biochemisty of the cell nucleus & cardiovascular issues & chemistry of…
She made important research contributions to the biochemisty of the cell nucleus & cardiovascular issues & chemistry of…
September 9, 2023 at 12:43 PM
For #SciArtSeptember day 9: heart, it’s trailblazing American biochemist Marie Maynard Daly (1921-2003), 1st Black woman to earn a PhD in chemistry in the US! 🐡🧪👩🏾🔬 #histsci 🧵1/n
She made important research contributions to the biochemisty of the cell nucleus & cardiovascular issues & chemistry of…
She made important research contributions to the biochemisty of the cell nucleus & cardiovascular issues & chemistry of…
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Hurricane Lee is the season's first Category 5 storm (winds 157 mph or higher) & while it's not expected to make landfall it could generate 15-foot-tall waves across Puerto Rico's northern coast. Lee is 2023's 12th named storm; NOAA's new estimate is 14-21, & 5 of those could be major hurricanes 🧪
Hurricane Lee barrels through open Atlantic waters as the season's first Category 5 storm
Hurricane Lee is charging through warm Atlantic waters as the season’s first Category 5 storm and threatening to unleash heavy swells across the northeast Caribbean.
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September 8, 2023 at 12:21 PM
Hurricane Lee is the season's first Category 5 storm (winds 157 mph or higher) & while it's not expected to make landfall it could generate 15-foot-tall waves across Puerto Rico's northern coast. Lee is 2023's 12th named storm; NOAA's new estimate is 14-21, & 5 of those could be major hurricanes 🧪
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Teacher and astronaut Christa McAuliffe was born OTD in 1948. Selected as the first American civilian to go into space, she was one of the seven crew members onboard the Space Shuttle Challenger when it was lost in 1986.
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Image: NASA
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Image: NASA
September 2, 2023 at 5:21 PM
Teacher and astronaut Christa McAuliffe was born OTD in 1948. Selected as the first American civilian to go into space, she was one of the seven crew members onboard the Space Shuttle Challenger when it was lost in 1986.
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Image: NASA
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Image: NASA
Daily(ish) date doodles are back focusing on underrepresented people in STEM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_...
September 1, 2023 at 1:18 PM
Daily(ish) date doodles are back focusing on underrepresented people in STEM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_...
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Welcome to #SciArtSeptember! For day 1: starry, it’s #astrophysicist Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900-1979), who discovered what stars are made of & that hydrogen & helium are the most common elements in the universe. 🧪🐡🧑🏻🔬
Born England, she won a scholarship to Newnham College Cambridge in 1919 🧵1/n
Born England, she won a scholarship to Newnham College Cambridge in 1919 🧵1/n
September 1, 2023 at 12:23 PM
Welcome to #SciArtSeptember! For day 1: starry, it’s #astrophysicist Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900-1979), who discovered what stars are made of & that hydrogen & helium are the most common elements in the universe. 🧪🐡🧑🏻🔬
Born England, she won a scholarship to Newnham College Cambridge in 1919 🧵1/n
Born England, she won a scholarship to Newnham College Cambridge in 1919 🧵1/n
@waterman-physics.bsky.social
So first day of school “count” for educators, how do you count?
A. Just job years
B. Student years + job years
C. Just student years
D. Something else?
So first day of school “count” for educators, how do you count?
A. Just job years
B. Student years + job years
C. Just student years
D. Something else?
August 27, 2023 at 11:21 PM
@waterman-physics.bsky.social
So first day of school “count” for educators, how do you count?
A. Just job years
B. Student years + job years
C. Just student years
D. Something else?
So first day of school “count” for educators, how do you count?
A. Just job years
B. Student years + job years
C. Just student years
D. Something else?
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Happy birthday to mathematician and NASA scientist Katherine Johnson (née Coleman; August 26, 1918 – February 24, 2020). 🧪🐡👩🏾🔬🎢 One of the first Black women employed as a NASA scientist (+ predecessor NACA), she was known for her mastery of complex manual calculations of orbital mechanics & 🧵1/n
August 26, 2023 at 3:19 PM
Happy birthday to mathematician and NASA scientist Katherine Johnson (née Coleman; August 26, 1918 – February 24, 2020). 🧪🐡👩🏾🔬🎢 One of the first Black women employed as a NASA scientist (+ predecessor NACA), she was known for her mastery of complex manual calculations of orbital mechanics & 🧵1/n
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Happy birthday to geologist & paleontogist Alice Wilson (1881-1964). 🧪🐡👩🏼🔬⚒️
A job in the Mineralogy Division U of Toronto Museum was her entry into geology. In 1909 as a museum assistant with Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) in Ottawa she catalogued & labelled invertebrate paleontology … 🧵1/n
A job in the Mineralogy Division U of Toronto Museum was her entry into geology. In 1909 as a museum assistant with Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) in Ottawa she catalogued & labelled invertebrate paleontology … 🧵1/n
August 26, 2023 at 12:43 PM
Happy birthday to geologist & paleontogist Alice Wilson (1881-1964). 🧪🐡👩🏼🔬⚒️
A job in the Mineralogy Division U of Toronto Museum was her entry into geology. In 1909 as a museum assistant with Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) in Ottawa she catalogued & labelled invertebrate paleontology … 🧵1/n
A job in the Mineralogy Division U of Toronto Museum was her entry into geology. In 1909 as a museum assistant with Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) in Ottawa she catalogued & labelled invertebrate paleontology … 🧵1/n
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Mathematician Katherine Johnson was born OTD in 1918.
Her orbital mechanics computations played a vital role in many early NASA missions. Astronaut John Glenn trusted her calculations more than those of his onboard flight computer. 🧪 🔭 👩🔬
Image: NASA
Her orbital mechanics computations played a vital role in many early NASA missions. Astronaut John Glenn trusted her calculations more than those of his onboard flight computer. 🧪 🔭 👩🔬
Image: NASA
August 26, 2023 at 1:20 PM
Mathematician Katherine Johnson was born OTD in 1918.
Her orbital mechanics computations played a vital role in many early NASA missions. Astronaut John Glenn trusted her calculations more than those of his onboard flight computer. 🧪 🔭 👩🔬
Image: NASA
Her orbital mechanics computations played a vital role in many early NASA missions. Astronaut John Glenn trusted her calculations more than those of his onboard flight computer. 🧪 🔭 👩🔬
Image: NASA
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Happy birthday to mathematician Karen Keskulla Uhlenbeck (b. 1942), winner of 2019 Abel Prize for “her pioneering achievements in geometric partial differential equations, gauge theory, & integrable systems, & for the fundamental impact of her work on analysis, geometry & mathematical physics.” 🐡🧪👩🏻🔬
August 24, 2023 at 12:17 PM
Happy birthday to mathematician Karen Keskulla Uhlenbeck (b. 1942), winner of 2019 Abel Prize for “her pioneering achievements in geometric partial differential equations, gauge theory, & integrable systems, & for the fundamental impact of her work on analysis, geometry & mathematical physics.” 🐡🧪👩🏻🔬
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Mathematician Karen Keskulla Uhlenbeck was born OTD in 1942.
She is known for her work on PDEs, calculus of variations, topology, and gauge theory, and was the second woman (after Emmy Noether!) to give the plenary lecture to the International Congress of Mathematicians. 🧪 👩🔬
She is known for her work on PDEs, calculus of variations, topology, and gauge theory, and was the second woman (after Emmy Noether!) to give the plenary lecture to the International Congress of Mathematicians. 🧪 👩🔬
August 24, 2023 at 1:03 PM
Mathematician Karen Keskulla Uhlenbeck was born OTD in 1942.
She is known for her work on PDEs, calculus of variations, topology, and gauge theory, and was the second woman (after Emmy Noether!) to give the plenary lecture to the International Congress of Mathematicians. 🧪 👩🔬
She is known for her work on PDEs, calculus of variations, topology, and gauge theory, and was the second woman (after Emmy Noether!) to give the plenary lecture to the International Congress of Mathematicians. 🧪 👩🔬
Looking forward to seeing all the cool stuff people are doing this year #iteachphysics
August 20, 2023 at 2:01 PM
Looking forward to seeing all the cool stuff people are doing this year #iteachphysics